Yungas Manakin

SCI Name:  Chiroxiphia boliviana
Protonym:  Chiroxiphia pareola boliviana Bull.Am.Mus.Nat.Hist. 2 p.87
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pipridae / Chiroxiphia
Taxonomy Code:  yunman1
Type Locality:  Yungas, Bolivia; restricted to Apolo, La Paz (D. W. S.).
Author:  Allen, JA
Publish Year:  1889
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.

boliviae / boliviana / bolivianum / bolivianus / boliviensis
Bolivia (named after Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) "The Liberator", Venezuelan revolutionary, who helped to expel the Spaniards from their South American empire).