The blue-capped manakin (Lepidothrix coronata) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. The males have a brilliant blue cap; some have black, others have green body plumage, but the relationship between the subspecies is not well understood.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
Taxonomy
The blue-capped manakin was formally described in 1825 by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix under the binomial name Pipra coronata. The type locality is the state of São Paulo de Olivença in western Brazil. The specific epithet is from Latin coronatus meaning "crowned". The blue-capped manakin is now the type species of the genus Lepidothrix that was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854.
Phylogeny based on Ohlson et al. 2013.
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Ceratopipra
Dixiphia
Machaeropterus
Pipra
Manacus
Heterocercus
Cryptopipo
Lepidothrix
White-fronted manakin
Orange-bellied manakin
Blue-crowned manakin
Snow-capped manakin
Opal-crowned manakin
Blue-rumped manakin
Cerulean-capped manakin
Six subspecies are recognised, but see the text below the table.
Subspecies
Description
Range
Lepidothrix coronata coronata
(Spix, 1825)
Males typically lack blue coloration and are entirely black.
Eastern Ecuador, and Northeast Peru and Western Brazil south of the Amazon
Lepidothrix coronata caquetae
(Meyer de Schauensee, 1953)
Similar in size to L. c. carbonata, but has more black coloration on the...
