Pipra
Wire-tailed manakin
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae
Genus: Pipra
Linnaeus, 1764
Type species
Parus aureola
Linnaeus, 1758

Pipra is a genus of birds in the manakin family Pipridae.

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
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

  1. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1764). Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Adolphi Friderici Regis (in Latin). Vol. 2. Holmiae (Stockholm): Salvius. p. 32.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 269.
  5. ^ 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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