Biology:Black-capped piprites

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Short description: Species of bird

Black-capped piprites
Piprites pileata - Black-capped Piprites (Male) 01.JPG
male at Campos do Jordão, São Paulo state, Brazil .
Piprites pileata - Black-capped Piprites (Female).JPG
A female at Campos do Jordão, São Paulo state, Brazil.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Piprites
Species:
P. pileata
Binomial name
Piprites pileata
(Temminck, 1822)
Piprites pileata map.svg
Synonyms

Piprites pileatus

The black-capped piprites (Piprites pileata), also known as the black-capped manakin, is a species of suboscine passerine. It has traditionally been placed in the Tyrannidae.

It is found in Atlantic forest, especially with Araucaria angustifolia, growing in highlands of south-eastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones only). Until the recent rediscovery in Argentina, the only confirmed record for that country was a specimen taken in 1959. It is generally rare and local, and therefore considered vulnerable by BirdLife International. It is known from a number of protected areas, including the Itatiaia National Park in Rio de Janeiro, and Campos do Jordão State Park in São Paulo.

Piprites pileata; illustration 1838

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1039934 entry