Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda)

Family
Pipridae (Manakins)

Size
11.50 - 11.80 cm

First Described (Guide)
Spix, 1825

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda) [XC693769]
by David Edwards from Matraca trail, Inirida, Guainia, Colombia (call)

Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda) [XC476026]
by Jerome Fischer from Sani Lodge, Sucumb\u00edos, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Was for long placed in monotypic genus Teleonema on basis of highly modified tail feathers. Closely related to, and forming a superspecies with, Crimson-hooded Manakin (Pipra aureola) and Band-tailed Manakin (Pipra fasciicauda), all three replacing each other geographically. "Pipra heterocerca" is hybrid with Crimson-hooded Manakin (Pipra aureola). Subspecies subpallida apparently intergrades with nominate around Colombia-Ecuador border.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

subpallida (Todd, 1928) - Eastern Colombia (east of Andes) and north-western Venezuela (eastern, on both sides of Andes, to Miranda).
filicauda Spix, 1825 - Southern Venezuela (southern and western Amazonas), north-western and central Brazil (east to mouth of R Negro, south to headwaters of R Juru� and middle R Purus), eastern Ecuador and north-eastern Peru (south to middle R Ucayali).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda) - 10 files

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