Heterocercus | |
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Orange-crested manakin (Heterocercus aurantiivertex) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pipridae |
Genus: | Heterocercus P.L. Sclater, 1862 [1] |
Type species | |
Elaenia linteata Strickland, 1850 |
Heterocercus is a genus of bird in the family Pipridae. Established by Philip Lutley Sclater in 1862, it contains the following species: [2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Heterocercus aurantiivertex | Orange-crested manakin | Ecuador and Peru | |
Heterocercus flavivertex | Yellow-crested manakin | Northern Amazonia | |
Heterocercus linteatus | Flame-crested manakin | Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru | |
The name Heterocercus is a combination of the Greek words heteros, meaning "different" and kerkos, meaning "tail". [3]
Philip Lutley Sclater was an English lawyer and zoologist. In zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London for 42 years, from 1860 to 1902.
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