| Pipra | |
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| File:Pipra filicauda - Wire-tailed Manakin.jpg | |
| Wire-tailed manakin Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| : | [[Template:Taxonomy/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 | edit source]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Pipra aureola - Swedish Museum of Natural History - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC00640.JPG | Pipra aureola | Crimson-hooded manakin | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela |
| File:Pipra fasciicauda - Band-tailed manakin (male).JPG | Pipra fasciicauda | Band-tailed manakin | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru |
| File:Rabo de arame.jpg | Pipra filicauda | Wire-tailed manakin | northern Peru, eastern Ecuador and Colombia, and southern and western portions of Venezuela |
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl (1764). Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Adolphi Friderici Regis (in Latin). Vol. 2. Holmiae (Stockholm): Salvius. p. 32.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 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.