Manakins
Pipridae
The manakins are a clade (Pipridae) of small suboscine passerine birds. The group contains some 60 species distributed through the American tropics. The name is from Middle Dutch mannekijn "little man" (also the source of the different bird name mannikin).
17 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 55 known species
Blue-backed and Helmeted Manakins
genusChiroxiphia
Bearded Manakins
genusManacus
Red-headed and Golden-headed Manakins
genusCeratopipra
Crowned Manakins
genusLepidothrix
Orange-headed and Wire-tailed Manakins
genusPipra
Striped Manakins and Allies
genusMachaeropterus
White-throated Manakins
genusCorapipo
Pseudopipra
genusPseudopipra
Ilicura
genusIlicura
Small Tyrant-Manakins
genusTyranneutes
Typical Tyrant-Manakins
genusNeopelma
Masius
genusMasius
Crested Manakins
genusHeterocercus
Protopelma
genusProtopelma
Black and Olive Manakins
genusXenopipo
Yellow-headed and Jet Manakins
genusChloropipo
Cryptopipo
genusCryptopipo
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14221.