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.

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) [XC70175]
by Tayler Brooks from El Para, east of Archidona, Napo, Ecuador (song)

Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda) [XC665577]
by Peter Boesman from Reserva Natural Palmar\u00ed, Rio Javar\u00ed, AM, Brazil (call)

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
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Files:

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

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