Loading AI tools
Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piprites is a genus of bird currently placed in the family Tyrannidae. Prior to 1971, the genus was placed in the family Pipridae;[3] its designation was initially changed based on morphological evidence,[4] and genetic evidence confirmed its placement in 2009.[5] In 2013, it was proposed that Piprites was to be placed in the unique family Pipritinae.[1] The proposition was declined by the Comité de Clasificación de Sudamérica, a part of the American Ornithological Society, and the proposed family was changed to be a unique subfamily of the genus.[6] The genus is composed of three species native to the neotropical realm, with distributions ranging from the Caribbean coast of Guatemala, Central America, and southeastern Argentina.[7]
Piprites | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Black-capped piprites (Piprites pileata) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Subfamily: | Pipritinae Ohlson, Irestedt, Ericson & Fjeldså, 2013[1] |
Genus: | Piprites Cabanis, 1847 |
Type species | |
Pipra pileata[2] Temminck, 1822 |
The generic name Piprites is derived from the Greek πιπρα (pipra), meaning "small bird" and originally associated with the great spotted woodpecker and the various Neotropical manakins. The suffix ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) is also Greek and denotes "resembling" or "similar to", denoting the genus' similarity to the manakins.[8]
The genus Piprites contains 3 species:[9]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Piprites chloris | Wing-barred piprites | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
![]() | Piprites griseiceps | Grey-headed piprites | Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. |
Piprites pileata | Black-capped piprites | southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina | |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.