Cerulean-capped Manakin
Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Cerulean-capped Manakin
The Cerulean-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla) 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: east slope of Andes of southern Peru (southern Huánuco to Puno)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla
- Family
- Pipridae (Manakins)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cerulean-capped Manakin
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- P[ipra] coeruleo-capilla
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- Peru; restricted to Montanas of Vitoc, Junin by Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 22.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.271
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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