Blue Manakin
Chiroxiphia caudata(Shaw, G, 1793)
English (US) Blue Manakin
The Blue Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pipridae (Manakins) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: lowlands of southeastern Brazil (southern Bahia) to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chiroxiphia caudata
- Family
- Pipridae (Manakins)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue Manakin
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1793)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pipra caudata
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1793)
- Type locality
- in warmer parts of South America; Rio de Janeiro proposed by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves Brasil (Publ. Dept. Zool., Sao Paulo), pt. 2, p. 86.
- Original description
- The naturalist's miscellany 5, no.3 pl.153
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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