Ceratopipra


Ceratopipra is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pipridae.

Taxonomy

The genus Ceratopipra was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the scarlet-horned manakin as the type species. The name Ceratopipra combines the Ancient Greek κερας keras, κερατος keratos "horn" with the genus Pipra introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1764.

Species

The genus contains the five species:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Ceratopipra cornutaScarlet-horned manakinVenezuela and adjacent Guyana and northern Brazil
Ceratopipra mentalisRed-capped manakinBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Panama.
Ceratopipra erythrocephalaGolden-headed manakinfrom Panama, Colombia and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas and Brazil and northern Peru
Ceratopipra rubrocapillaRed-headed manakinBolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
Ceratopipra chloromerosRound-tailed manakinBolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

These species were previously included in the genus Pipra, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that this placement renders Pipra non-monophyletic.