Pipra
Pipra is a genus of birds in the manakin family Pipridae.
| Pipra | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Wire-tailed manakin Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pipridae |
| Genus: | Pipra Linnaeus, 1764 |
| Type species | |
| Parus aureola Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Taxonomy and species list
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]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pipra aureola | Crimson-hooded manakin | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela |
.JPG.webp) | Pipra fasciicauda | Band-tailed manakin | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru |
 | Pipra filicauda | Wire-tailed manakin | northern Peru, eastern Ecuador and Colombia, and southern and western portions of Venezuela |
References
- Linnaeus, Carl (1764). Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Adolphi Friderici Regis (in Latin). Volume 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. Volume 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.
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