The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 168 · seb_species_0168

Black-headed Berryeater

carpornis melanocephalus

Cotingidae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

18 cm. Iris red. Head, neck and throat black. Upperparts olive-green. Below duller, the belly yellowish, faintly barred with dusky-black. <NThe female has olive on the crown and head ^44 . Call is a characteristic low whistle "tuoooo" descending in pitch. Forages for fruit in the middle and upper stratum of humid forest. Less vocal than /Carpornis cucullatus and easily overlooked. A rare Berryeater of the lowlands in primary and mature secondary forest.. This species qualifies as "vulnerable", because of its small and fragmented population ^103 . Mostly found south of S<C4>o Paulo on the coastal plain, Juqui<C2>, Cananeia, Ilha do Cardoso, Saibadela near Registro . A historical 1893 record from<8E>Iguape ^40 . Sea level to 200 meters. 3813 Call. Near Cananeia, 11<10>23<10>97. Cloudy, 25<91>C. Secondary rainforest. With /Crypturellus noctivagus, Vireo olivaceus .: crpmlnc >: A91 Secondary rainforest. Near Cananeia. Biome of /Carpornis melanocephalus .

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

18 cm. Iris red. Head, neck and throat black. Upperparts olive-green. Below duller, the belly yellowish, faintly barred with dusky-black. <NThe female has olive on the crown and head ^44 .

Voice

Call is a characteristic low whistle "tuoooo" descending in pitch.

Behavior

Forages for fruit in the middle and upper stratum of humid forest. Less vocal than /Carpornis cucullatus and easily overlooked.

Habitat and status

A rare Berryeater of the lowlands in primary and mature secondary forest.. This species qualifies as "vulnerable", because of its small and fragmented population ^103 .

Distribution

Mostly found south of S<C4>o Paulo on the coastal plain, Juqui<C2>, Cananeia, Ilha do Cardoso, Saibadela near Registro . A historical 1893 record from<8E>Iguape ^40 . Sea level to 200 meters.

Additional notes

3813 Call. Near Cananeia, 11<10>23<10>97. Cloudy, 25<91>C. Secondary rainforest. With /Crypturellus noctivagus, Vireo olivaceus .: crpmlnc >: A91 Secondary rainforest. Near Cananeia. Biome of /Carpornis melanocephalus .

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

carpornis melanocephalus

Black-headed Berryeater

Cotingidae

Cotingas

CLEMENTS

carpornis melanocephalus

Black-headed Berryeater

Cotingidae

Cotingas

AOU_HM

carpornis melanocephalus

Black-headed Berryeater

Cotingidae

Cotingas

Recordings

3813.wav

3813 Call. Near Cananeia, 11<10>23<10>97. Cloudy, 25<91>C. Secondary rainforest. With /Crypturellus noctivagus, Vireo olivaceus .

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: v4_omission_recovery; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: resolved_exact.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD02/WBIRD/WAV/3813.wav

Images

Historical image associated with Black-headed Berryeater
A91.jpg
A91 Secondary rainforest. Near Cananeia. Biome of /Carpornis melanocephalus .
Historical relationship: account_image; status: v4_full_segment_boundary_recovery; source order: 2.
Classification: high; match: resolved_documented_mapping.
Recovered path: working/installer-analysis/extracted/CD03/Group6/A91.jpg

Preserved unresolved historical evidence

Archival references

crpmlnc

candidate could not be resolved without guesswork

Status: preserved_unresolved. No playback or image control is generated.

Later review overlay; base records remain unchanged

Review and confidence notes

review_0007

Base recovered review record

Status: open

Issue: Moved one terminal visual segment from account 169 to account 168.

Evidence: A91 is an image/biome entry naming Carpornis melanocephalus, the scientific identity of account 168.

Recommended action: Confirm visually against the original program or field notes when available; retain correction unless contradicted.

Review v1.1 decision

Status: accepted_provisionally

Reviewer: ChatGPT structural audit

Notes: The correction is strongly supported by account grammar, checklist order, species-name evidence, and media-segment placement. Retain in the working dataset; optional confirmation against the original program or field notes remains.

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0168
Account ID
seb_account_0168
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD
Species boundary note
Boundary audited with account 169; one segment reassigned.
Account boundary note
Boundary audited with account 169; one segment reassigned.

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Item reference
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