Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Kinglet Calyptura (Calyptura cristata), recorded as Critically Endangered
Kinglet Calyptura (Calyptura cristata). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Kinglet Calyptura

Calyptura cristata

The kinglet calyptura is a small Critically Endangered passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Calyptura cristata
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Cotingidae · Calyptura

Appearance

The sexes have almost the same plumage. Both sexes' upperparts are mostly bright olive with a yellow rump. Their wings are dusky with white tips on the coverts and tertials. The former show as two strong wing bars.

The kinglet calyptura is 7.5 to 8 cm (3.0 to 3.1 in) long.

Range and habitat

The species inhabits the Atlantic Forest biome where it was thought to be somewhat common in humid primary forest up to an elevation of about 900 m (3,000 ft) in the nineteenth century. The 2016 sightings were in secondary forest at an elevation of about 550 m (1,800 ft). It is endemic to southeastern Brazil.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet and breeding

It forages by climbing in all directions on lianas, eating insects or small berries depending on the season. Nothing is known about the kinglet calyptura's breeding biology.

In crisis

Kinglet Calyptura is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Kinglet calyptura, Wikidata item Q74625. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Kinglet Calyptura?
Kinglet Calyptura is a perching bird in the family Cotingidae (order Passeriformes) — Calyptura cristata.
What is the conservation status of Kinglet Calyptura?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Calyptura cristata. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Kinglet Calyptura live?
The species inhabits the Atlantic Forest biome where it was thought to be somewhat common in humid primary forest up to an elevation of about 900 m (3,000 ft) in the nineteenth century.
Why is Kinglet Calyptura in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Calyptura cristata?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Kinglet Calyptura a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.