Grey-headed Piprites (Piprites griseiceps) - BirdLife species factsheet

Grey-headed Piprites Piprites griseiceps

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	299,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	4.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'uncommon' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native		yes
Honduras	extant	native		yes
Nicaragua	extant	native		yes
Panama	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Costa Rica	Central Volcanic Cordillera
Costa Rica	La Amistad Caribe
Panama	La Amistad International Park
Panama	Palo Seco Protection Forest

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	100 - 750 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grey-headed Piprites Piprites griseiceps. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-headed-piprites-piprites-griseiceps on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.