Machaeropterus

Machaeropterus
	Club-winged manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pipridae
Genus:	Machaeropterus; Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
	Machaeropterus regulus; Hahn, 1819

Machaeropterus is a genus of passerine birds in the manakin family Pipridae. They are found in the tropical forests of South America.

Taxonomy

The genus Machaeropterus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the kinglet manakin.[2] The name Machaeropterus combines the Ancient Greek words μαχαιρα makhaira "knife" or "dagger" and -πτερος -pteros "-winged".[3]

The genus contains the five species:[4]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Machaeropterus deliciosus	Club-winged manakin	Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.
Machaeropterus regulus	Kinglet manakin	Atlantic Forest of south eastern Brazil
Machaeropterus striolatus (split from M. regulus)	Striolated manakin	Colombia, east Ecuador, east Peru and west Amazonian Brazil,Venezuela and west Guyana
Machaeropterus eckelberryi	Painted manakin	north west Peru.
Machaeropterus pyrocephalus	Fiery-capped manakin	Brazil, southeast Peru, and northern Bolivia; also Venezuela

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References

Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum". L'Ateneo italiano. Raccolta di Documenti e Memorie relative al progresso delle Scienze fisiche. 2 (11): 311-321 [316].
Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

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[1] Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum". L'Ateneo italiano. Raccolta di Documenti e Memorie relative al progresso delle Scienze fisiche. 2 (11): 311-321 [316].

[2] Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.

[hbwkey-3] Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2018.