Biology:Lepidothrix

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Short description: Genus of birds

Lepidothrix
Lepidothrix coronata -NBII Image Gallery-a00181.jpg
Velvety manakin
Scientific classification e
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]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Blue-crowned manakin male.jpg Lepidothrix velutina Velvety manakin Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama
Lepidothrix coronata 1.jpg Lepidothrix coronata Blue-capped manakin Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
Lepidothrix suavissima Orange-bellied manakin southern Venezuela, far northern Brazil, and central Guyana
Lepidothrix serena - White-fronted Manakin.jpg Lepidothrix serena White-fronted manakin Surname and French Guiana
Lepidothrix iris - Opal-crowned Manakin (male); Carajas National Forest, Pará, Brazil.jpg Lepidothrix iris Opal-crowned manakin Brazil
Lepidothrix vilasboasi Golden-crowned manakin Brazil
Lepidothrix nattereri - Snow-capped Manakin - male.jpg Lepidothrix nattereri Snow-capped manakin Amazon Basin of Brazil and far north-eastern Bolivia
Blue-rumped Manakin - South Ecuador S4E1232 (16658666718).jpg Lepidothrix isidorei Blue-rumped manakin Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla Cerulean-capped manakin Peru

References

  1. "Pipridae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=104. 
  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]. https://books.google.com/books?id=BR1pAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA316. 
  6. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. 2014. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2. 
  7. Jobling, J.A. (2018). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/lepidothrix. 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" (in en). Zoosystematics and Evolution 87 (2): 379–382. doi:10.1002/zoos.201100015. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/zoos.201100015. 
  9. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/cotingas/. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 

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