Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction through intensive logging, human settlement, cattle-grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Rufous-crowned Antpitta (Pittasoma rufopileatum) [XC394099]
by Scott Olmstead from Pichincha: Mashpi Shungo Reserve 500 m NNW Mashpi Artisanal Chocolate Farm, Ecuador (call, song)
Rufous-crowned Antpitta (Pittasoma rufopileatum) [XC248298]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: right bank Rio Santiago, above Estero Pote 7 km E Playa de Oro, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
Subspecies harterti may be synonym of nominate, owing to variable plumage, the two being geographically close, with no dispersal barriers between their ranges.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
rosenbergi Hellmayr, 1911 - Pacific slope of Colombia in central and southern Chocó.
harterti Chapman, 1917 - Southern Colombia in western Nariño (Barbacoas, Guaycana).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet