Opal-crowned Manakin
Lepidothrix iris(Schinz, HR, 1851)
English (US) Opal-crowned Manakin
The Opal-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix iris) 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.
- Scientific name
- Lepidothrix iris
- Family
- Pipridae (Manakins)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Opal-crowned Manakin
- Described by
- (Schinz, HR, 1851)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Lepidothrix iris eucephala
- Lepidothrix iris iris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pipra iris
- Described by
- (Schinz, HR, 1851)
- Type locality
- 'Guyana'; error, Para [= Belem] substituted by Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 22.
- Original description
- Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel-Gattungen livr.7 p.91 pl.39
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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