Black-capped Piprites

Taxobox
name = Black-capped Piprites


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = "Incertae sedis"
genus = "Piprites"
species = "P. pileata"
binomial = "Piprites pileata"
binomial_authority = (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 manakin family, although it remains unclear if this is correct. It is therefore considered "incertae sedis" by recent authorities such as SACC. [Remsen, J. V., Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, T. S. Schulenberg, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz, & K. J. Zimmer. 2007. [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html "A classification of the bird species of South America."] American Ornithologists' Union. Accessed 14 December 2007.]

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 Janero, and the Horto Florestal State Park near Campos do Jordão in São Paulo.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/17386/all Piprites pileata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=4582&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
* [http://jquental.multiply.com/photos/photo/153/48 Photo of a male Black-capped Piprites] - Jquental.