a small bird sitting on a tree branch

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pipreola whitelyiRed-banded FruiteaterThe Red-banded Fruiteater is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae.It is a medium-sized bird, measuring about 6.5 inches in length.Adult males have grayish-green upper parts with a distinctive long golden stripe that runs above the eye and round the ear-coverts.Chin and belly are gray and there is a broad, orange-red chest collar, and yellowish-ochre under-tail coverts.Females have similar head markings, a yellowish patch at the side of the neck, and moss-green upper parts.They do not have a chest collar and underparts are grayish-white, boldly streaked with black. The beak and legs are pinkish-gray.The male has an orange iris and the female's is ochre.Juveniles are conspicuously spotted on upperparts.Distinctive song is a long (3–4 sec.), very high, thin whistle, falling then rising in pitch, and given at long intervals; pair contact calls are short peeping notes.Eats fruit and is most reliably seen at fruiting trees and shrubs.Found only in tepui h