Band-tailed Manakin

Pipra fasciicauda Hellmayr, 1906

Pipridae — Manakins

Band-tailed Manakin, Pipra fasciicauda, is a passerine of South America, recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. It was described by Hellmayr in 1906 and belongs to the manakin family, Pipridae. It lives in humid tropical forest, including montane and lowland areas, and also uses várzea and gallery forest. In the southern Amazon Basin and the Pantanal it is part of the local birdlife. The species is a frugivorous bird, and males perform a courtship display in leks, where only the dominant male mates.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae — Manakins
Breeding range: South America: c