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. The type species was subsequently designated as the kinglet manakin. The name Machaeropterus combines the Ancient Greek words μαχαιρα makhaira "knife" or "dagger" and -πτερος -pteros "-winged".
The genus contains the five species:
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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
