Ceratopipra is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pipridae.
Taxonomy The genus Ceratopipra was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the scarlet-horned manakin as the type species. The name Ceratopipra combines the Ancient Greek κερας keras, κερατος keratos "horn" with the genus Pipra introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1764.
Species The genus contains the five species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Ceratopipra cornuta Scarlet-horned manakin Venezuela and adjacent Guyana and northern Brazil Ceratopipra mentalis Red-capped manakin Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Panama. Ceratopipra erythrocephala Golden-headed manakin from Panama, Colombia and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas and Brazil and northern Peru Ceratopipra rubrocapilla Red-headed manakin Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Ceratopipra chloromeros Round-tailed manakin Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
These species were previously included in the genus Pipra, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that this placement renders Pipra non-monophyletic.
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