''Corapipo'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of birds in the manakin family Pipridae that are found in

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and northern parts of South America.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Corapipo'' was introduced by the French naturalist

Charles Lucien Bonaparte Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithology, ornithologist, and a nephew of Napoleon. Lucien and his wife had twelve children, including Cardinal ...

in 1854 with the white-throated manakin as the

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. The genus contains three species: * White-throated manakin (''Corapipo gutturalis'') * White-ruffed manakin (''Corapipo altera'') Sometimes treated as a subspecies of ''C. leucorrhoa''. * White-bibbed manakin (''Corapipo leucorrhoa'')

References

Pipridae Bird genera Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Pipridae-stub