Pipra | |
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Wire-tailed manakin Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pipridae |
Genus: | Pipra Linnaeus, 1764 |
Type species | |
Parus aureola Linnaeus, 1758
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Pipra is a genus of birds in the manakin family Pipridae.
Taxonomy and species list
[edit]The genus Pipra was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1764.[1] The name was used by Ancient Greek authors such as Aristotle for a small bird but it is unclear which species it referred to.[2] The type species was designated as the crimson-hooded manakin in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray.[3][4]
The genus contains three species:[5]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Crimson-hooded manakin | Pipra aureola (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela![]() |
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Band-tailed manakin | Pipra fasciicauda Hellmayr, 1906 |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru![]() |
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Wire-tailed manakin | Pipra filicauda Spix, 1825 |
northern Peru, eastern Ecuador and Colombia, and southern and western portions of Venezuela![]() |
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References
[edit]- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1764). Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Adolphi Friderici Regis (in Latin). Vol. 2. Holmiae (Stockholm): Salvius. p. 32.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 33.
- ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 269.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 October 2020.