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Rufous-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma rufopileatum

Justification
This species is restricted to lowland tropical forests in a region experiencing rapid deforestation. It is suspected to be undergoing a moderately rapid population decline, and is therefore listed as Near Threatened.

Taxonomic source(s)
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html.
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.
Stotz, D. F.; Fitzpatrick, J. W.; Parker, T. A.; Moskovits, D. K. 1996. Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Distribution and population
Pittasoma rufopileatum occurs in the Pacific lowlands of north Chocó, Colombia, south to Esmeraldas and Pichincha, north-west Ecuador (Ridgely and Tudor 1994).

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

Trend justification
Data on population trends are lacking, but moderate declines are suspected to be on-going, owing to high rates of habitat destruction and human incursion into forest habitats.

Ecology
This species inhabits humid forest up to 1,100 m, where it is usually seen following army-ant swarms (Ridgely and Tudor 1994). It is generally considered rare to locally uncommon.

Threats
Unplanned colonisation following the completion of roads, and massive logging concessions have cleared or degraded over 40% of its Chocó forests, and deforestation is accelerating (Salaman 1994, Stattersfield et al. 1998). Currently, intensive logging, human settlement, cattle-grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation all pose threats, and forest destruction is most severe within its elevational range (Dinerstein et al. 1995, Stattersfield et al. 1998).

Conservation actions underway
None is known.

Conservation actions proposed
Survey known historical sites to determine rates of range contraction and population trends. Ensure measures are taken to protect remaining lowland Choco forests.

References
Ridgely, R. S.; Tudor, G. 1994. The birds of South America. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas.

Salaman, P. G. W. 1994. Surveys and conservation of biodiversity in the Chocó, south-west Colombia. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Dinerstein, E.; Olson, D. M.; Graham, D. J.; Webster, A. L.; Primm, S. A.; Bookbinder, M. P.; Ledec, G. 1995. A conservation assesssment of the terrestrial ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Further web sources of information
Hear sounds for this species from xeno-canto, the community database of shared bird sounds from around the world.

View photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Internet Bird Collection

Text account compilers
Butchart, S., Gilroy, J., Sharpe, C J

IUCN Red List evaluators
Butchart, S., Symes, A.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Pittasoma rufopileatum. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/06/2013. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2013) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/06/2013.

This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.

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Key facts
Current IUCN Red List category	Near Threatened
Family	Formicariidae (Antthrushes and antpittas)
Species name author	Hartert, 1901
Population size	Unknown mature individuals
Population trend	Decreasing
Distribution size (breeding/resident)	73,400 km²
Country endemic?	No
Links to further information
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