Black-capped piprites

The black-capped piprites (Piprites pileata), also known as the black-capped manakin, is a species of suboscine passerine. It has traditionally been placed in the Tyrannidae.

Black-capped piprites
male at Campos do Jordão, São Paulo state, Brazil.
A female at Campos do Jordão, São Paulo state, Brazil.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Piprites
Species:
P. pileata
Binomial name
Piprites pileata
(Temminck, 1822)
Synonyms

Piprites pileatus

It is found in Atlantic forest, especially with Araucaria angustifolia, growing in highlands of south-eastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones only). Until the recent rediscovery in Argentina, the only confirmed record for that country was a specimen taken in 1959. It is generally rare and local, and therefore considered vulnerable by BirdLife International. It is known from a number of protected areas, including the Itatiaia National Park in Rio de Janeiro, and Campos do Jordão State Park in São Paulo.

Piprites pileata; illustration 1838

References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Piprites pileata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22701205A153682590. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22701205A153682590.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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