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'''Alternative name: Black-capped Manakin'''
 
'''Alternative name: Black-capped Manakin'''
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[[Image:Black-capped_Piprites.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|dubi|dubi}}<br>Location: Itatiaia, [[Brazil]], November 2008]]
 
;[[: Category:Piprites|Piprites]] pileata
 
;[[: Category:Piprites|Piprites]] pileata
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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12 cm<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Black cap and nape
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*Buffy-rufous upperparts and tail
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*Black central [[Topography#Tails|Rectrices]]
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*Buff face and underparts
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*Black wings with yellowish fringes and patch at base of [[Topography#Wings|primaries]]
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*Orange-yellow legs and yellower bill<br />
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'''Female''':  slightly duller with olive back.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Brazil]] to [[Argentina]].
 
[[Brazil]] to [[Argentina]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a monotypic species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.  
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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In the past, the scientific name was erroneously given as ''Piprites pileatus''<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>.
  
In the past, the scientific name was erroneously given as ''Piprites pileatus''<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>.
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Atlantic forest highlands.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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The diet includes fruit and arthropods, particularly larvae.
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====Vocalisation====
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Call: Nasal ''chiéh''.
 
==References==
 
==References==
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#SACC [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline08.html overview] read September 2008
# SACC [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline08.html overview] read September 2008
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#BirdLife International
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Piprites+pileat}}  
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Search the Gallery using the scientific name:
 
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{{GSearch|Piprites+pileata}}
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Piprites]] [[Category:Incomplete]] [[Category:Missing Images]]
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Search the Gallery Using the common name:
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Piprites]]

Latest revision as of 15:41, 26 February 2022

Alternative name: Black-capped Manakin

Photo by dubi
Location: Itatiaia, Brazil, November 2008
Piprites pileata

Identification

12 cm
Male

  • Black cap and nape
  • Buffy-rufous upperparts and tail
  • Black central Rectrices
  • Buff face and underparts
  • Black wings with yellowish fringes and patch at base of primaries
  • Orange-yellow legs and yellower bill

Female: slightly duller with olive back.

Distribution

Brazil to Argentina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

In the past, the scientific name was erroneously given as Piprites pileatus2.

Habitat

Atlantic forest highlands.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit and arthropods, particularly larvae.

Vocalisation

Call: Nasal chiéh.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. SACC overview read September 2008
  3. BirdLife International

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