Black-capped piprites

Black-capped piprites
male at Campos do Jordão, São Paulo state, Brazil.
A female at Campos do Jordão, São Paulo state, Brazil.
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Piprites
Species:	P. pileata
Binomial name
Piprites pileata (Temminck, 1822)
Synonyms
Piprites pileatus

Piprites pileata; illustration 1838

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.

References[]

External links[]

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.
• Photo of a male black-capped piprites - Jquental.

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