Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda)
About the Wire-tailed Manakin
The wire-tailed manakin (Pipra filicauda) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The wire-tailed manakin has two subspecies, the nominate P. f. filicauda (Spix, 1825) and P. f. subpallida (Todd, 1928). One publication has suggested that the two subspecies should be merged. During much of the twentieth century several authors placed the wire-tailed manakin in its own genus, Teleonema, but that genus was merged into Pipra starting in the 1970s. The species forms a superspecies with its two congeners, the band-tailed manakin (P. fasciicauda) and crimson-hooded manakin (P. aureola).
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Similar species
- Band-tailed ManakinPipra fasciicaudaprofile
- Crimson-hooded ManakinPipra aureolaprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.