| 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 | |
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]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson-hooded manakin | Pipra aureola (Linnaeus, 1758) | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Band-tailed manakin | Pipra fasciicauda Hellmayr, 1906 | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Wire-tailed manakin | Pipra filicauda Spix, 1825 | northern Peru, eastern Ecuador and Colombia, and southern and western portions of Venezuela | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |