Machaeropterus

Machaeropterus is a genus of passerine birds in the manakin family Pipridae. They are found in the tropical forests of South America.

Machaeropterus
Club-winged manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pipridae
Genus:	Machaeropterus Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Pipra strigilata[1] zu Wied, 1822

Taxonomy

The genus Machaeropterus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854.^[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the kinglet manakin.^[3] The name Machaeropterus combines the Ancient Greek words μαχαιρα makhaira "knife" or "dagger" and -πτερος -pteros "-winged".^[4]

The genus contains the five species:^[5]

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