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title: "White-faced Saki"
description: "Pithecia pithecia — Mammals. The white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia), is a species of New World saki monkey."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-faced-saki
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-faced Saki

> Pithecia pithecia — Mammals. The white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia), is a species of New World saki monkey.

- Scientific name: *Pithecia pithecia*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 394
- Wikidata: [Q832345](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q832345)
- iNaturalist taxon: [519427](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/519427)

## Names

- en: White-faced Saki
- de: Weißkopfsaki
- es: Saki cariblanco
- fr: Saki à face blanche
- nl: Witgezichtsaki
- pl: Saki białolica

## Countries with the most observations

SR (45), GF (26), GY (12), BR (6), VE (3)

## Summary

The white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia), is a species of New World saki monkey. The small bodied neotropical primate can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. This species feeds mostly on fruits, nuts, seeds, and insects. Although it is an arboreal species and is a specialist of brachiation, it is also terrestrial when foraging. Typical life expectancy is around 14 years in its natural habitat, although individuals have been recorded to live up to 36 years in captivity. The white faced saki is active in the day and sleeps highly elevated (15–20 m (49–66 ft)) in trees with many leaves…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-faced_saki

## Photo

![White-faced Saki](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-faced-saki/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59033803

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-faced-saki?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).