Grey Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus) [XC114950]
by No\u00e9 Eiterer from Vi\u00e7osa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (song)
Grey Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus) [XC448489]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goi\u00e1s, Ch\u00e1cara Jayrson, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Molecular data strongly indicate that genus belongs in tanager family (Thraupidae) and is sister to a group containing Lanio, Fulvous-crested Tanager (Maschalethraupis surinama), Trichothraupis and Eucometis. Sometimes considered conspecific with Red-crested Finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus). Hybrids between the two reported in Brazil.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
brevicaudus Cory, 1916 - Northern Colombia (Santa Marta Mts) and northern Venezuela from Zulia east, including Margarita I, to Sucre and south to northern Bolívar.
rostratus Miller, AH, 1947 - Upper Magdalena Valley, in Colombia.
pileatus (Wied, 1821) - Central and eastern Brazil from central Mato Grosso east to southern Maranhío and Ceará, south to Goiás, eastern Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet