Fiery-capped Manakin

SCI Name:  Machaeropterus pyrocephalus
Protonym:  Pipra pyrocephala Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 4 p.9
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pipridae / Machaeropterus
Taxonomy Code:  ficman1
Type Locality:  locality unknown; upper Amazons, Ucayali, proposed by Beriepsch and Hartert, 1909, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 54.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1852
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MACHAEROPTERUS
(Pipridae; Ϯ Eastern Striped Manakin M. regulus) Gr. μαχαιρα makhaira  knife, dagger; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing; "Males possess modified secondaries, the tips of these feathers being thickened and enlarged  ...  whilst the tail feathers also have thickened rachi" (Kirwan & Green 2011); "72. MACHÆROPTERUS, Schiff.  —  155. strigilatus, Pr. Max. Wied.  —  156. striolatus, Bp.  —  157. pyrocephalus, Sclat." (Bonaparte 1854); "Machaeropterus Bonaparte, 1854, Ateneo Italiano, 2 (11), p. 316 (= Consp. Voluc. Anisod., p. 6). Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 147), Pipra strigilatus Wied = Pipra regulus Hahn." (Snow in Peters 1979, VIII, 258).
Synon. Allocotopterus.

PYROCEPHALUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Common Vermilion Flycatcher P. rubinus) Gr. πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; κεφαλη kephalē  head; "SUB-GEN. PYROCEPHALUS, GOULD.   ...   the males of nearly all the members of this group (which may be considered either as a distinct genus or sub-genus of Myiobius), have the crown of the head and greater part of the under surface scarlet. Four species were obtained. — Pyrocephalus parvirostris, (Gould), and Muscicapa coronata, (Auct.), may be taken as types" (Gould 1839); "Pyrocephalus Gould, 1839, in Darwin, Zool. Beagle, pt. 3 (1841), p. 44. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 30), "P. coronatus (L) Gould" = Pyrocephalus major Pelzeln." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 149-150); "344. Pyrocephalus rubinus  ...  Birds from SE Peru (Huiro and Chaquimayo) described as race major, but validity has repeatedly been questioned; breeding grounds of this purported race unknown." (del Hoyo & Collar 2016, 198).

pyrocephalus
Gr. πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed  < κεφαλη kephalē  head.

SUBSPECIES

Fiery-capped Manakin (pallidiceps)
SCI Name: Machaeropterus pyrocephalus pallidiceps
pallidiceps
L. pallidus  pale  < pallere  to be pale; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

Fiery-capped Manakin (pyrocephalus)
SCI Name: Machaeropterus pyrocephalus pyrocephalus
PYROCEPHALUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Common Vermilion Flycatcher P. rubinus) Gr. πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; κεφαλη kephalē  head; "SUB-GEN. PYROCEPHALUS, GOULD.   ...   the males of nearly all the members of this group (which may be considered either as a distinct genus or sub-genus of Myiobius), have the crown of the head and greater part of the under surface scarlet. Four species were obtained. — Pyrocephalus parvirostris, (Gould), and Muscicapa coronata, (Auct.), may be taken as types" (Gould 1839); "Pyrocephalus Gould, 1839, in Darwin, Zool. Beagle, pt. 3 (1841), p. 44. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 30), "P. coronatus (L) Gould" = Pyrocephalus major Pelzeln." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 149-150); "344. Pyrocephalus rubinus  ...  Birds from SE Peru (Huiro and Chaquimayo) described as race major, but validity has repeatedly been questioned; breeding grounds of this purported race unknown." (del Hoyo & Collar 2016, 198).