Neopelma

Neopelma
Saffron-crested tyrant-manakin (Neopelma chrysocephalum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pipridae
Genus:	Neopelma P.L. Sclater, 1861 [1]
Type species
Muscicapa aurifrons [2] Sclater, 1861

Neopelma is a genus of bird in the family Pipridae.

Etymology

Neopelma: Greek : νεοςneos "new, different"; πελμα pelma, πελματος pelmatos "sole of the foot" ^[3] .

Species

It contains the following species ^[4] :

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Neopelma aurifrons	Wied's tyrant-manakin	Atlantic moist forests in eastern Brazil.
	Neopelma chrysocephalum	Saffron-crested tyrant-manakin	Guianas, southern Venezuela and the northwestern Amazon Basin
	Neopelma chrysolophum	Serra do Mar tyrant-manakin	southeastern Brazil.
	Neopelma pallescens	Pale-bellied tyrant-manakin	Brazil and far northeastern Bolivia
	Neopelma sulphureiventer	Sulphur-bellied tyrant-manakin	western Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil and Peru

References

1. Sclater, P.L. (1861). "Characters of Ten New Species of American Birds". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28 (3): 467. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
2. "Pipridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
3. Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology" . In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
4. Gill, F.; Donsker, D. (2018). "Cotingas, Manakins, Tityras, Becards". IOC World Bird List (v8.1). Retrieved 14 February 2018.