Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus) - HBW 16, p. 640
French: Araguira gris
German: Graukronfink
Spanish: Soldadito Capirotado
Other common names: Grey Pileated-finch
Taxonomy: Fringilla pileata Wied, 1821, Barra da Vareda, Rio Pardo, southern Bahia, Brazil.
Molecular data strongly indicate that genus belongs in tanager family (Thraupidae) and is sister to a group containing Lanio, Fulvous-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus surinamus), Trichothraupis and Eucometis. Present species sometimes considered conspecific with C. cucullatus; hybrids between the two reported in Brazil. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brevicaudus Cory, 1916 - N Colombia (Santa Marta Mts) and N Venezuela from Zulia E, including Margarita I, to Sucre and S to N Bolívar.
- rostratus A. H. Miller, 1947 - upper Magdalena Valley, in Colombia.
- pileatus (Wied, 1821) - C & E Brazil from C Mato Grosso E to S Maranhão and Ceará, S to Goiás, E Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male foraging and erecting its crest. Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp pileatus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2008 4 years ago 37 sec 4.7 -
A male and a female drinking, then with other individuals. Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp pileatus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2008 4 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A female in a tree, foraging Locality Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp pileatus)
Josep del Hoyo 12 July 2007 5 years ago 34 sec 4.2 -
A male on the ground, feeding on maize. Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp pileatus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 3 years ago 21 sec 4.1 -
A female-plumaged bird, drinking. Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp pileatus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 3.6 -
A female bathing. Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp pileatus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2008 4 years ago 33 sec 3.6
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A male on a branch.
Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (ssp pileatus)
Nick Athanas 16 June 2006 4 years ago 3.9 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp pileatus)
Josep del Hoyo 28 September 2008 4 years ago 3.9 -
Female on a wire
Locality Apulo, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp rastratus)
mauricio rueda 6 November 2011 1 year ago 3.6 -
A male showing its crest erect.
Locality Petrolina, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp pileatus)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
A female perched on a branch
Locality Cerro Cano, Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela (ssp brevicaudus)
Gustavo A. Rodríguez 20 February 2011 46 weeks ago 3.3 -
Lateral view of male on ground
Locality Posada Granja El Ojito, Tocópero, Falcón State, Venezuela (ssp brevicaudus)
Mikko Pyhälä 7 March 2011 2 years ago 3.2
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Unsolicited. Locality Icapuí, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 22 April 2005 3 years ago 4
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