The pied tamarin is an arboreal monkey from around Manaus in Amazonas, Brazil. It is active by day and has conspicuous white shoulders and chest.
Its face is black, its shoulders and chest are white, and its back and hindquarters are reddish brown.
Near Manaus, Brazil, researchers modelled habitat suitability for pied and red-handed tamarins using records from 818 sites visited in 2019–2021. Within the pied tamarin’s mapped range, 44.5% had low suitability for that species but medium or high suitability for the red-handed tamarin.
Potential overlap between the species covered 996.4 square kilometres, or 11.9% of the pied tamarin’s range. A scenario including only high suitability for red-handed tamarins covered 857.3 square kilometres (10.3%); including moderate suitability increased the estimate to 5,113 square kilometres (61.2%).
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The authors identify deforestation and habitat fragmentation as threats to pied tamarins. They recommend maintaining connected urban forests, protecting habitat quality in rural areas, and monitoring contact zones between the two species and areas facing forest loss.