Lepidothrix
Velvety manakin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae
Genus: Lepidothrix
Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Pipra cyanocapilla[1] = Lepidothrix coronata
Hahn, 1826
Synonyms

Neolepidothrix Paclt, 2009[2][3]

Lepidothrix is a genus of passerine birds in the manakin family Pipridae. Birds in the genus are predominantly found in South America, but one species, the velvety manakin, also ranges into Central America. The females of this genus have green plumage with yellow bellies, as do some of the males. The remaining males have black plumage with white or blue crowns. Some also have yellow bellies or blue rumps.[4]

Taxonomy

The genus Lepidothrix was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854.[5] The type species was subsequently designated as the blue-capped manakin.[6] The name Lepidothrix combines the Ancient Greek words λεπις lepis, λεπιδος lepidos "scale, flake" and θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos "hair".[7] A new genus name Neolepidothrix, was proposed in 2009 due to a suggestion that it was a junior homonym of the extinct silverfish Lepidotrix, however it was later shown that the original spelling of the silverfish genus was not same, so therefore the genera were not homonymous.[8]

The genus contains nine species:[9]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Lepidothrix velutinaVelvety manakinColombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama
Lepidothrix coronataBlue-capped manakinBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
Lepidothrix suavissimaOrange-bellied manakinsouthern Venezuela, far northern Brazil, and central Guyana
Lepidothrix serenaWhite-fronted manakinSurname and French Guiana
Lepidothrix irisOpal-crowned manakinBrazil
Lepidothrix vilasboasiGolden-crowned manakinBrazil
Lepidothrix nattereriSnow-capped manakinAmazon Basin of Brazil and far north-eastern Bolivia
Lepidothrix isidoreiBlue-rumped manakinColombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Lepidothrix coeruleocapillaCerulean-capped manakinPeru

References

  1. ↑ "Pipridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ↑ Paclt, Jiří (2009). "Neolepidothrix, a replacement name for Lepidothrix Bonaparte (Aves, Pipridae), nec Menge (Insecta, Lepidotrichidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 85 (1): 161. doi:10.1002/zoos.200800022.
  3. ↑ Zuccon, D. (2011). "The case of Lepidothrix, Lepidotrix and Neolepidothrix: the importance of the original literature in taxonomic decisions". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 87 (2): 379‐382. doi:10.1002/zoos.201100015.
  4. ↑ Snow, D. W. (2004). Family Pipridae (Manakins). Pp. 110-169 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Christie, D. A. eds (2004). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-69-5
  5. ↑ 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].
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Zuccon, Dario (September 2011). "The case of Lepidothrix, Lepidotrix and Neolepidothrix: the importance of the original literature in taxonomic decisions". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 87 (2): 379–382. doi:10.1002/zoos.201100015.
  9. ↑ 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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