Neopelma

Neopelma is a genus of bird in the family Pipridae.

Neopelma
Saffron-crested tyrant-manakin (Neopelma chrysocephalum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pipridae
Genus:	Neopelma P.L. Sclater, 1861[1]
Type species
Muscicapa aurifrons[2] Sclater, 1861

Etymology

Neopelma: Greek: νεος neos "new, different"; πελμα pelma, πελματος pelmatos "sole of the foot"^[3].

Species

It contains the following species^[4]:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Neopelma aurifrons	Wied's tyrant-manakin	Atlantic moist forests in eastern Brazil.
	Neopelma chrysocephalum	Saffron-crested tyrant-manakin	Guianas, southern Venezuela and the northwestern Amazon Basin
	Neopelma chrysolophum	Serra do Mar tyrant-manakin	southeastern Brazil.
	Neopelma pallescens	Pale-bellied tyrant-manakin	Brazil and far northeastern Bolivia
	Neopelma sulphureiventer	Sulphur-bellied tyrant-manakin	western Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil and Peru