Manakins (Pipridae)

Broad-billed Sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma) - HBW 9, p. 167

French: Sapayoa à bec large German: Breitschnabelpipra Spanish: Sapayoa
Other common names: Sapayoa, Broad-billed Manakin

Taxonomy: Sapayoa aenigma Hartert, 1903, River Sapayo [= Zapallo Grande], Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
Systematic position and affinities enigmatic. Seems to be close to the Tyrannidae, and has sometimes been placed in its own separate family, Sapayoaidae. Traditionally included in present family, although nest (only recently discovered) and social organization unlike those of typical piprids; this treatment retained, pending further study. Monotypic.

Distribution: Panama (E from Canal Zone) and W Colombia (Pacific coast and E to middle Magdalena Valley) S to extreme NW Ecuador (Esmeraldas, NW Pichincha).