Hooded Berryeater

The hooded berryeater is 22.5 to 25 cm (8.9 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 67 to 85 g (2.4 to 3.0 oz). The sexes have similar plumage. Adult males have an entirely black head, neck, and upper breast with a thin yellow "collar" around the sides and back of the neck. Their back is chestnut-tinged brown and their rump and uppertail coverts dull greenish olive. Their wings and tail are mostly blackish with olive-green edges on the feathers. The greater and median wing coverts have buffish yellow tips that form two wing bars. Their underparts below the upper breast are yellow. Adult females are overall duller than males. Their head and body have an olive wash, especially on the wings and tail. Their breast has faint olive bars. Both sexes have a dark brown iris and blue to violet-blue bill, legs, and feet. Juveniles are similar to adult females but have a dark gray head, green wing coverts, and a more heavily barred and duller yellow breast.

The hooded berryeater feeds primarily on fruit and includes some small insects in its diet. It usually forages singly, from the forest's mid-story to the subcanopy.