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Tyranneutes
Sign in to saveTyranneutes is a genus of South American birds in the family Pipridae. Both sexes somewhat resemble females of other manakins, but are even smaller. They are native to the humid forests in the Amazon and the Guianas. The two species are entirely allopatric (their distributions separated by major rivers).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPipridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Pipridae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Guyana
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Tyranneutes is a genus of South American birds in the family Pipridae. Both sexes somewhat resemble females of other manakins, but are even smaller. They are native to the humid forests in the Amazon and the Guianas. The two species are entirely allopatric (their distributions separated by major rivers).
==Etymology== Tyranneutes: turanneuō "to be a tyrant", from τυραννος turannos "tyrant".
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