Machaeropterus Explained

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]

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

Notes and References

1. Bonaparte . Charles Lucien . Charles Lucien Bonaparte . 1854 . Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum . L'Ateneo Italiano. Raccolta di Documenti e Memorie Relative al Progresso delle Scienze Fisiche . 2 . 11 . 311–321 [316] .
2. Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Christidis . L. . Leslie Christidis . 2014 . The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . 2: Passerines . 4th . Eastbourne, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-2-2 . 9 .
3. Web site: Jobling . J.A. . 2018 . Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 27 June 2018 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2018 . Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards . World Bird List Version 8.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 27 June 2018 .