Manakins (Pipridae)

Wing-barred Piprites (Piprites chloris) - HBW 9, p. 167

French: Piprite verdin German: Gelbzügelpiprites Spanish: Piprites Verde
Other common names: White-winged Piprites, Wing-barred Manakin

Taxonomy: Pipra chloris Temminck, 1822, Ipanema, São Paulo, Brazil.
Systematic position of genus uncertain; although traditionally included in present family, may be closer to Tyrannidae or Cotingidae. Forms a superspecies with P. griseiceps. Seven subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

perijana Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1949 - subtropical zone of Sierra de Perijá on N Colombia-Venezuela border, and of E Andes in S Táchira (Venezuela).
antioquiae Chapman, 1924 - N Colombia at N end of C Andes and in middle Magdalena Valley.
chlorion (Cabanis, 1847) - N, E & S Venezuela (coastal mountains in Carabobo, Aragua and Sucre, also Amazonas and Bolívar), the Guianas, E Colombia and lower Amazonian Brazil (E Amazonas E to Amapá).

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perijana Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1949 - subtropical zone of Sierra de Perijá on N Colombia-Venezuela border, and of E Andes in S Táchira (Venezuela).
antioquiae Chapman, 1924 - N Colombia at N end of C Andes and in middle Magdalena Valley.
chlorion (Cabanis, 1847) - N, E & S Venezuela (coastal mountains in Carabobo, Aragua and Sucre, also Amazonas and Bolívar), the Guianas, E Colombia and lower Amazonian Brazil (E Amazonas E to Amapá).
tschudii (Cabanis, 1874) - extreme E Colombia (SE Guainía), extreme S Venezuela (S Amazonas), W & C Amazonian Brazil, E Ecuador and C & E Peru (S to Junín).
boliviana Chapman, 1924 - SW Amazonian Brazil and N Bolivia.
grisescens Novaes, 1964 - E part of N Brazil (E Pará and Maranhão).
chloris (Temminck, 1822) - E Brazil (Espírito Santo, and from S Mato Grosso do Sul E to Rio de Janeiro, S to N Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).