Piprites
Black-capped piprites (Piprites pileata)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

Etymology

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]

Species

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

References

  1. ^ a b Ohlson, J. I.; Irestedt, M.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Fjeldså, J. (2013). "Phylogeny and classification of the New World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3613 (1): 1–35. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3613.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326.
  2. ^ "Pipritidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  3. ^ Hellmayr, C.E.; Conover, B.; Cory, C.B. (1929). Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands. Vol. 13. Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 258–266.
  4. ^ Ames, Peter L. (1971). "The morphology of the syrinx in passerine birds" (PDF). The Auk. 89 (4).
  5. ^ Tello, J. G.; Moyle, R. G.; Marchese, D.J.; Cracraft, J. (February 7, 2009). "Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannides)" (PDF). Cladistics. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00254.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Remsen, J.V. (May 2019). "Revise the classification and linear sequence of the Tyrannoidea: (A) Recognize a new family Onychorhynchidae; (B) Modify linear sequence of families; (C) Add three subfamilies to the Tyrannidae". Louisiana Museum of Natural History. South American Classification Committee.
  7. ^ Clements, J.F., Schulenberg, T.S., Iliff, M.J., Billerman, S.M., Fredericks, T.A., Sullivan, B.L. & Wood, C.L. (2019). "The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World v.2019". The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 308. ISBN 9781408133262.
  9. ^ 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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