Blue-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata)

Other Scientific Names
Pipra coronata [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Pipra coronata [BirdLife International (2004)], Pipra coronata [AOU checklist (1998 + supplements)]

Other Names (World)
Blue-crowned Manakin, Exquisite Manakin (exquisita group), Velvety Manakin (velutina, minuscula)

Family
Pipridae (Manakins)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Spix, 1825

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Blue-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata) [XC827578]
by Joost van Bruggen from San Jose de Payamino (near San Jos\u00e9 de Payamino), Cant\u00f3n de Loreto, Orellana, Ecuador (call, song)

Blue-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata) [XC525581]
by Kent Livezey from PNN Chiribiquete, cunar\u00e9- Am\u00fa, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
Genus often merged with Pipra. Taxonomy complex and poorly understood: north-western populations (velutina, minuscula) may represent a separate species; populations east of Andes of two distinct types, with males black-bodied in northern (carbonata, caquetae, nominate) and green-bodied in southern (exquisita, caelestipileata, regalis), and apparently intermediate populations in western Amazonia (south of Amazon in northern Peru and western Brazil). Further research needed.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

velutina (von Berlepsch, 1883) - Costa Rica (Pacific side, also on Atlantic side in extreme east) and western Panama.
minuscula (Todd, 1919) - Eastern Panama (eastern from Canal Zone), north-western and north-central Colombia (in east, southern possibly to southern Caldas) and north-western Ecuador.
caquetae (Meyer de Schauensee, 1953) - Southern Colombia east of Andes (western Meta, western Caquet�).
carbonata (Todd, 1925) - South-central and south-eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, and north-eastern Peru and north-western Brazil north of Amazon.
coronata Spix, 1825 - Eastern Ecuador, and north-eastern Peru and adjacent extreme western Brazil south of Amazon.
exquisita (Hellmayr, 1905) - Central Peru east of Andes.
caelestipileata (Goeldi, 1905) - South-eastern Peru and adjacent western Brazil.
regalis (Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940) - North-central Bolivia (Cochabamba).

References
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Files:

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