Manakins (Pipridae)

Lance-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata) - HBW 9, p. 152

French: Manakin lancéolé German: Lanzettschwanzpipra Spanish: Saltarín Lanceolado

Taxonomy: Pipra lanceolata Wagler, 1830, “Guiana sive Cajenna”; error = Cerro Turumiquire, Sucre, Venezuela.
Genus closely related to Antilophia. All members of present genus suggested by some as forming a superspecies. Has sometimes been treated as conspecific with C. linearis and C. pareola. Monotypic.

Distribution: Pacific coastal region of extreme SW Costa Rica and Panama (including Coiba I and Cébaco I), N Colombia along Caribbean coast (including Santa Marta area), and N Venezuela N of R Orinoco (E, including Margarita I, to Paria Peninsula).