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Machaeropterus
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| Machaeropterus | |
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| Club-winged manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pipridae |
| Genus: | Machaeropterus Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Pipra strigilata[1] zu Wied, 1822
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Machaeropterus is a genus of passerine birds in the manakin family Pipridae. They are found in the tropical forests of South America.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Machaeropterus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the kinglet manakin.[3] The name Machaeropterus combines the Ancient Greek words μαχαιρα makhaira "knife" or "dagger" and -πτερος -pteros "-winged".[4]
The genus contains the five species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Machaeropterus deliciosus | Club-winged manakin | Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. |
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Machaeropterus regulus | Kinglet manakin | Atlantic Forest of south eastern Brazil |
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Machaeropterus striolatus (split from M. regulus) | Striolated manakin | Colombia, east Ecuador, east Peru and west Amazonian Brazil, Venezuela and west Guyana |
| Machaeropterus eckelberryi | Painted manakin | north west Peru. | |
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Machaeropterus pyrocephalus | Fiery-capped manakin | Brazil, southeast Peru, and northern Bolivia; also Venezuela |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pipridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum". L'Ateneo Italiano. Raccolta di Documenti e Memorie Relative al Progresso delle Scienze Fisiche. 2 (11): 311–321 [316].
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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