Manakins (Pipridae)

Band-tailed Manakin (Pipra fasciicauda) - HBW 9, p. 143

French: Manakin à queue barrée German: Schwanzbindenpipra Spanish: Saltarín Naranja

Taxonomy: Pipra fasciicauda Hellmayr, 1906, Guarayos, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Closely related to, and forming a superspecies with, P. aureola and P. filicauda, all three replacing each other geographically. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • saturata J. T. Zimmer, 1936 - tropical zone of N Peru E of Andes (in San Martín).
  • purusiana Snethlage, 1907 - E Peru S of Amazon (Loreto S to Cuzco) and W Brazil (Acre, and upper R Purús in Amazonas).
  • fasciicauda Hellmayr, 1906 - SE Peru (N Puno) and N & NE Bolivia (near Andes in Cochabamba and N Santa Cruz).

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  • saturata J. T. Zimmer, 1936 - tropical zone of N Peru E of Andes (in San Martín).
  • purusiana Snethlage, 1907 - E Peru S of Amazon (Loreto S to Cuzco) and W Brazil (Acre, and upper R Purús in Amazonas).
  • fasciicauda Hellmayr, 1906 - SE Peru (N Puno) and N & NE Bolivia (near Andes in Cochabamba and N Santa Cruz).
  • calamae Hellmayr, 1910 - WC Brazil (limited area near upper R Madeira and extreme NW Mato Grosso).
  • scarlatina Hellmayr, 1915 - interior Brazil from C Pará (S of Belém area) S to Mato Grosso do Sul, S Goiás, W Minas Gerais and NW São Paulo, with apparently isolated populations in NE (Ceará and Alagoas), and extreme N Bolivia (Pando, Beni), SE Paraguay and extreme NE Argentina (Misiones).