Striolated manakin explained

The striolated manakin or western striped manakin (Machaeropterus striolatus) is a small South American species of passerine bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in west and north west Amazonia. The striolated manakin was formerly considered conspecific with the kinglet manakin (Machaeropterus regulus) with the common name "striped manakin". Males have a bright red crown, which the females lack.

Taxonomy

The striolated manakin was described by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1838 and given the binomial name Pipra striolata.^[1] The species is now placed in the genus Machaeropterus that was introduced by Bonaparte in 1854.^[2]

Five subspecies are recognised:^[3]

• Machaeropterus striolatus antioquiae Chapman, 1924 – west and central Colombia
• Machaeropterus striolatus striolatus (Bonaparte, 1838) – east Colombia, east Ecuador, east Peru and west Amazonian Brazil
• Machaeropterus striolatus obscurostriatus Phelps & Gilliard, 1941 – northwest Venezuela
• Machaeropterus striolatus zulianus Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1952 – west Venezuela
• Machaeropterus striolatus aureopectus Phelps & Gilliard, 1941 – southeast Venezuela and west Guyana

The morphologically similar painted manakin from northern Peru was described in 2017. It differs from the striolated manakin in its vocalization.^[4]

Description

The striolated manakin is in length and weighs around . The male of the nominate race is olive green above with a red crown and nape. The underparts are streaked redish and white. The throat is whitish. The female lacks the red crown.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Bonaparte . Charles Lucien . Charles Lucien Bonaparte . 1838 . Pipra striolata . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 5 . 59 . 122 . Title page gives year as 1837
2. 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] .
3. 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 .
4. Lane . D.F. . Kratter . A.W. . O’Neill . J.P.. 2017 . A new species of manakin (Aves: Pipridae; Machaeropterus) from Peru with a taxonomic reassessment of the Striped Manakin (M. regulus) complex . Zootaxa . 4320 . 2 . 379–390 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.2.11 .
5. Web site: Snow . D. . 2018 . Western Striped Manakin (Machaeropterus striolatus) . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 29 June 2018 . subscription .