White-bibbed manakin

White-bibbed manakin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae
Genus: Corapipo
Species: C. leucorrhoa
Binomial name
Corapipo leucorrhoa
(Sclater, 1863)

The white-bibbed manakin (Corapipo leucorrhoa) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Corapipo leucorrhoa previously included white-ruffed manakin (Corapipo altera) which has been split into a separate species. When they were a single species Corapipo leucorrhoa was called white-ruffed manakin.

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