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
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.
Black-capped Piprites (Piprites pileata) [XC24523]
by Raphael E. F. Santos from Gleba maior Reserva Biol\u00f3gica Estadual do Sassafr\u00e1s, Doutor Pedrinho, Santa Catarina, Brazil (call)
Black-capped Piprites (Piprites pileata) [XC69158]
by Jerome Fischer from Rio de Janeiro; Itatiaia National Park, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Systematic position of genus uncertain; although traditionally included in present family, may be closer to Tyrannidae or Cotingidae.