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)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Piprites
Species:	P. pileata
Binomial name
	Piprites pileata; (Temminck, 1822)
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.

References

^ BirdLife International (2020). "Piprites pileata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

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

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[1] BirdLife International (2020). "Piprites pileata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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