Golden-collared Manakin

About the Golden-collared Manakin

The golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. The golden-collared manakin was originally described in 1843 as Pipra vitellina. It was later assigned to genus Manacus that Carl Linnaeus had erected in 1766.

The further taxonomy of the golden-collared manakin is unsettled. The IOC, the Clements taxonomy, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World, and the American Ornithological Society (AOS) treat it as a species with these four subspecies:

M. v. vitellinus (Gould, 1843) M. v. amitinus Wetmore, 1959 M. v. milleri Chapman, 1915 M. v. viridiventris Griscom, 1929 The independent South American Classification Committee, formerly part of the AOS, treats the four taxa as subspecies of the widespread white-bearded manakin (M. manacus) as did many other taxonomists during much of the twentieth century. The SACC recognizes that their treatment is probably not correct and is seeking a formal proposal to change it.

This article follows the IOC et al. model. The golden-collared manakin is about 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 15... Wikipedia →