Manakins (Pipridae)

Varzea Mourner (Schiffornis major) - HBW 9, p. 168

French: Antriade roussâtre German: Zimttrauerkotinga Spanish: Llorón de Varzea
Other common names: Greater Manakin, Greater/Rufous Schiffornis

Taxonomy: Schiffornis major Des Murs, 1856, Sarayacu, Peru.
Systematic position of genus uncertain. Analysis of 19 characters, mostly anatomical, suggested that it is a member of a monophyletic assemblage of six superficially very diverse genera currently divided among Cotingidae, Tyrannidae and the present family; also, recent analyses of genetic data resulted in its grouping with the genera Pachyramphus and Tityra (both at present provisionally placed in Tyrannidae) in a “tityrine clade”; traditional placement in present family almost certainly inappropriate, but retained pending further study. Two subspecies recognized.

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