Manakins (Pipridae)

White-crowned Manakin (Dixiphia pipra) - HBW 9, p. 151

French: Manakin à tête blanche German: Weißscheitelpipra Spanish: Saltarín Coroniblanco
Other common names: Sclater’s Manakin (NW & W races); Velvet/Zeledon’s Manakin (anthracina)

Taxonomy: [Parus] Pipra Linnaeus, 1758, Surinam.
Genus often merged with Pipra. Races in Central America and W part of South American range differ vocally from E ones, and may represent a distinct species; taxonomic status of isolated race cephaleucos uncertain; further study required. Thirteen subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

anthracina (Ridgway, 1906) - C & E Costa Rica and W Panama (W of Canal Zone).
bolivari (Meyer de Schauensee, 1950) - NW Colombia (upper Sinú Valley E to S Bolívar).
minima (Chapman, 1917) - SW Colombia on W side of W Andes.

See all 13 subspecies

anthracina (Ridgway, 1906) - C & E Costa Rica and W Panama (W of Canal Zone).
bolivari (Meyer de Schauensee, 1950) - NW Colombia (upper Sinú Valley E to S Bolívar).
minima (Chapman, 1917) - SW Colombia on W side of W Andes.
unica (Meyer de Schauensee, 1945) - subtropical zone of NC & S Colombia (Magdalena Valley).
coracina (P. L. Sclater, 1856) - NW Venezuela (Perijá Mts, and SE Lara S to SE Táchira) S, on E slope of E Andes, to E Ecuador and NC Peru (N of R Marañón).
discolor (J. T. Zimmer, 1936) - NE Peru.
occulta (J. T. Zimmer, 1936) - NC Peru on E side of C Andes.
pygmaea (J. T. Zimmer, 1936) - lower R Huallaga, in NC Peru.
comata (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894) - EC Peru (S Pasco S to N Cuzco).
microlopha (J. T. Zimmer, 1929) - E Peru (S of R Marañón) and W Brazil.
pipra (Linnaeus, 1758) - S & E Venezuela, the Guianas, and lowland E Colombia and Brazil mainly N of Amazon (E to Amapá, crossing to S bank at Tefé).
separabilis (J. T. Zimmer, 1936) - S side of lower Amazon from R Tapajós E to N Maranhão.
cephaleucos (Thunberg, 1822) - coastal E Brazil (S Bahia S to Rio de Janeiro).