Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Piprites (3 species)


Wing-barred Piprites
Wing-barred Piprites (Piprites chloris tschudii)
Range: SA: n Colombia, Amazonia and se SA
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small manakin-like flycatcher with pronounced wing bars, yellow eye ring and yellow throat. Note wing bars continue from side down the back in a right angle.

Grey-headed Piprites
Grey-headed Piprites (Piprites griseiceps)
Range: MA: e Guatemala to w Panama
Rancho Naturalista, Cartago, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Lev Frid   © All Rights Reserved.

A small manakin-like flycatcher usually in the canopy with pronounced wing bars, grey-head, yellow throat and white eye ring.

Black-capped Piprites
Black-capped Piprites (Piprites pileata) Near Threatened
Range: SA: se Brazil and ne Argentina
Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare and local at high altitudes in Atlantic rainforest.


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