Manakins (Pipridae)

Blue-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata) - HBW 9, p. 147

French: Manakin à tête bleue German: Blauscheitelpipra Spanish: Saltarín Coroniazul
Other common names: Exquisite Manakin (“exquisita group”); Velvety Manakin (velutina and minuscula)

Taxonomy: Pipra coronata Spix, 1825, São Paulo de Olivença, River Solimões, west Amazonas, Brazil.
Genus often merged with Pipra. Taxonomy complex and poorly understood: NW populations (velutina, minuscula) may represent a separate species; populations E of Andes of two distinct types, with males black-bodied in N (carbonata, caquetae, nominate) and green-bodied in S (exquisita, caelestipileata, regalis), and apparently intermediate populations in W Amazonia (S of Amazon in N Peru and W Brazil). Further research needed. Eight subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

velutina (Berlepsch, 1883) - Costa Rica (Pacific side, also on Atlantic side in extreme E) and W Panama.
minuscula (Todd, 1919) - E Panama (E from Canal Zone), NW & NC Colombia (in E, S possibly to S Caldas) and NW Ecuador.
caquetae (Meyer de Schauensee, 1953) - S Colombia E of Andes (W Meta, W Caquetá).

See all 8 subspecies

velutina (Berlepsch, 1883) - Costa Rica (Pacific side, also on Atlantic side in extreme E) and W Panama.
minuscula (Todd, 1919) - E Panama (E from Canal Zone), NW & NC Colombia (in E, S possibly to S Caldas) and NW Ecuador.
caquetae (Meyer de Schauensee, 1953) - S Colombia E of Andes (W Meta, W Caquetá).
carbonata (Todd, 1925) - SC & SE Colombia, S Venezuela, and NE Peru and NW Brazil N of Amazon.
coronata (Spix, 1825) - E Ecuador, and NE Peru and adjacent extreme W Brazil S of Amazon.
exquisita (Hellmayr, 1905) - C Peru E of Andes.
caelestipileata (Goeldi, 1905) - SE Peru and adjacent W Brazil.
regalis (Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940) - NC Bolivia (Cochabamba).