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Blue-backed Manakin
Chiroxiphia pareola (Linnaeus, 1766)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The blue-backed manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America, its range extending from Colombia and Tobago to southeastern Brazil. It is found in deciduous forests but not evergreen rainforests. It is a small, plump bird about 13 centimetres (5 in) long. Males have black plumage with a bright blue back and a red or yellow crown. Females and juveniles are olive-green with paler underparts. At breeding time, males are involved in a cooperative lekking behaviour during which they jump and twirl. This is a fairly common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Wikipedia contributors, Blue-backed manakin; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:36:55.285899+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chiroxiphia pareola (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Common name
- Blue-backed Manakin
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pipridae
- Genus
- Chiroxiphia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPipridae
- genusChiroxiphia Cabanis, 1847
- speciesChiroxiphia pareola (Linnaeus, 1766)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chiroxiphia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Blue ManakinChiroxiphia caudata (Shaw, 1793) | PipridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lance-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia lanceolata (Wagler, 1830) | PipridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helmeted ManakinChiroxiphia galeata (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) | PipridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Araripe ManakinChiroxiphia bokermanni (Coelho & W. Silva, 1998) | PipridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia linearis (Bonaparte, 1838) | PipridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yungas ManakinChiroxiphia boliviana J. A. Allen, 1889 | PipridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pipra pareola Linnaeus, 1766 Linnaeus, 1766 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=559192 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5Y5V3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.