piprites

English

Black-capped piprites (Piprites pileata)

Etymology

From translingual Piprites.

Noun

piprites (plural not attested)

1. Any of the tropical birds in the genus Piprites, found in Central and South America.
   • 2000, Josep Maria Camarasa, Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: Temperate rainforests, page 155:

     These endangered birds include the Araucaria tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura setaria, Furnariidae), an ovenbird that lives in the top of the crown of the Araucaria; the black - capped piprites (Piprites pileatus)

   • 2009, Marc Naguib, Vincent Janik, Nicola Clayton, Vocal Communication in Birds and Mammals, page 17:

     The latter has been demonstrated recently in distantly related tropical species, the plain-winged antshrike (Thamnophilus schistaceus) and the wing-barred piprites (Piprites chloris)

   • 2020, JJ Atwood, WR Buck, “Recent literature on bryophytes”, in The Bryologist, BioOne, page 123(2):

     The black-capped piprites Piprites pileata builds a spherical moss nest.