Manakins (Pipridae)

Pale-bellied Tyrant-manakin (Neopelma pallescens) - HBW 9, p. 165

French: Manakin à ventre blanc German: Rahmbauchpipra Spanish: Saltarín Ventriblanco
Other common names: Pale-bellied Manakin

Taxonomy: Tyrannula pallescens Lafresnaye, 1853, Bahia, Brazil.
Systematic position of genus doubtful; possibly closest to Tyranneutes, and both genera almost certainly only distantly related to the typical piprids; probably closer to the Tyrannidae but traditionally included in present family, where retained pending further study. Present species considered to form a superspecies with its four congeners. Monotypic.

Distribution: E, C & S Brazil (on both sides of lower Amazon and lower R Tapajós, from Maranhão SW to S Mato Grosso, and from Rio Grande do Norte S to W São Paulo) and extreme NE Bolivia (Serranía de Huanchaca, in NE Santa Cruz).