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) [XC20972]
by Dusan M. Brinkhuizen from 23 km W Lita, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (song)
Rufous-crowned Antpitta (Pittasoma rufopileatum) [XC262128]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, 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).