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.
(Pittasoma rufopileatum) [XC275412]
by Niels Krabbe from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, 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).