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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Pipridae.

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Examples

  • In these solitary haunts the rock-manakin with gilded plumage (Pipra rupicola), one of the most beautiful birds of the tropics, builds its nest.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • In these solitary haunts the rock-manakin with gilded plumage (Pipra rupicola), one of the most beautiful birds of the tropics, builds its nest.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • Class three student Ritu Kumar misses the proximity of her former school at Pipra village in Palamau's Harihargang area to her residence.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Class three student Ritu Kumar misses the proximity of her former school at Pipra village in

    Zee News : India National 2010

  • Class three student Ritu Kumar misses the proximity of her former school at Pipra village in Palamau's Harihargang area to her residence.

    HindustanTimes.com - Top HomePage-TopStories News Headlines 2010

  • In Palamau, the Maoists blew up a panchayat hall and a school building at Pipra village hours before the bandh started at midnight, police said.

    The Times of India 2009

  • Other important birds are lesser seed-finch (Oryzoborus angolensis), ruddy-breasted seedeater (Sporaphila minuta), slate-colored seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), Guianan piculet (Picumnus minutissimus), blood-coloured woodpecker (Veniliornis sanguineus), and the crimson-hooded manakin (Pipra aureola).

    Paramaribo swamp forests 2008

  • Bird species diversity is highest in the humid forests and the park is very important for the conservation of Amazon species of conservation concern, such as red-throated piping-guan Aburria cujubi, Gould’s toucanet Selenidera gouldii, snowy-capped manakin Pipra nattereri and tooth-billed wren Odontorchilus cinereus, that are restricted to the Amazon region south of the Amazon River and east of the Madeira River.

    Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia 2008

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