Long-tailed Manakin
Long-tailed Manakin
Here the details of the Long-tailed Manakin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pipra linearis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1837) (1837), Pt5 no.59 p.113
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pipridae / Chiroxiphia
Taxonomy Code: lotman1
Type Locality: Mexico; restricted to Santa Efigenia, Oaxaca (J. T. Z.).
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHIROXIPHIA
(Pipridae; Ϯ Blue Manakin C. caudata) Gr. χειρ kheir, χειρος kheiros hand; ξιφος xiphos sword (cf. dim. ξιφιδιον xiphidion dagger; the ξιφιον xiphion of Cabanis 1847 is, in fact, the corn-flag or gladiolus); "Gen. Chiroxiphia n. gen. (χειρ, Hand; ξιφιον, gerader Degen.) Hauptunterschiede von Pipra sind: Zugespitzte, stark verengte Handschwingen, stärker entwickelte Armschwingen und verlängerte zugespitzte mittlere Schwanzfedern. Hierher gehören: 1. Ch. caudata. Pipra caudata Gm. Lath. 2. Ch. ignicapilla. Pipra ignicapilla Wagl. 3. Ch. pareola. Pipra pareola Lin. 4. Ch. militaris. Pipra militaris Shaw. 5. Ch. oxyura. Pipra oxyura v. Olf. " (Cabanis 1847); "Chiroxiphia Cabanis, 1847, Archiv f. Naturg., 13 (1), p. 235. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 55), Pipra caudata Shaw and Nodder." (Snow in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 267).
Var. Cheiroxiphia, Chiroxyphia, Chiroxiphya.
Synon. Cercophaena, Chiroprion.
linearis
L. linearis lined < linea line, linen thread < linum thread < Gr. λινον linon flax, linen.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)