Manakins (Pipridae)

White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo leucorrhoa) - HBW 9, p. 155

French: Manakin orné German: Westliche Weißkehlpipra Spanish: Saltarín Gorgiblanco Occidental
Other common names: White-bibbed Manakin (leucorrhoa)

Taxonomy: Pipra leucorrhoa P. L. Sclater, 1863, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.
Genus probably close to Masius; has also been suggested as possibly sister to Heterocercus on basis of display behaviour and nest architecture. Probably forms a superspecies with C. gutturalis. W races altera and heteroleuca sometimes treated as a separate species, on basis mainly of greatly reduced outer primary. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

altera Hellmayr, 1906 - Caribbean slope of Central America S from E Honduras, Pacific slope of S Costa Rica and Panama (except W Chiriquí), and NW Colombia (W of Atrato Valley).
heteroleuca Hellmayr, 1910 - Pacific slope of SW Costa Rica and W Panama (W Chiriquí).
leucorrhoa (P. L. Sclater, 1863) - locally in Perijá Mts, W Venezuela (lower slopes of Andes) and NC & W Colombia (S to middle Magdalena Valley, E to NW Arauca, also Pacific slope in Valle).