Piprites

Piprites is a genus of bird traditionally placed in the family Pipridae, although it remains unclear if this is correct. The IUCN and Clements have it traditionally placed in Pipridae, while the IOC have it placed in the Tyrannidae. In 2014 Edward Dickinson and Leslie Christidis in the fourth edition of the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World placed Piprites in its own family Pipritidae.[1] However a proposal to place Piprites in Pipritidae was rejected by the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithologists' Union in 2016.[2]

Piprites
Black-capped piprites (Piprites pileata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Piprites
Cabanis, 1847

Species

The genus Piprites contains 3 species:[3]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Piprites chlorisWing-barred pipritesArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Piprites griseicepsGrey-headed pipritesCosta Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Piprites pileataBlack-capped pipritessoutheastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina

References
  1. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  2. Remsen, J.V. Jr (2016). "Proposal 732: Recognize new family Pipritidae for Piprites". South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.


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