''Carpornis'', the berryeaters, is a genus of birds in the family
Cotingidae. These primarily
frugivorous birds are
endemic to the southern half of the
Atlantic forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
(eastern
Brazil).
The genus contains two species.
Both species are mainly greenish-yellow with a black hood. The genus is
sister to the genus ''
Snowornis'' that contains two pihas.
References
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by George Robert Gray
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