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 VU    Black-capped Piprites* Id (Atlas):
    Piprites pileata

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Piprites pileatus [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Piprites pileatus [Collar et al. (1994)], Piprites pileatus [BirdLife International (2000)], Piprites pileatus [BirdLife International (2004)], Piprites pileatus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Piprites pileatus [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Black-capped Piprites, Black-capped Manakin

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1822)

Habitat
Canopy of montane Atlantic forest. From 500 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina (B), Brazil (B).

South-eastern Brazil (southern Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro south to northern Rio Grande do Sul) and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation due to selective logging, forest clearing for agriculture, and accidental forest fires, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Nasal 'chiéh' calls. Song is a longer and faster, querulous series.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

 
Black-capped Piprites (Piprites pileata) [XC39598]
     by Jeremy Minns from Itatiaia NP, Tres Picos trail, RJ, Brazil (call)

 
Black-capped Piprites (Piprites pileata) [XC412202]
     by Caio Brito from S\u00e3o Francisco de Paula, FLONA, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Systematic position of genus uncertain; although traditionally included in present family, may be closer to Tyrannidae or Cotingidae.


References
See References.


Files:
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