Chiroxiphia is one of several genera of manakins, small song birds of South and Central America.

As the male plumage takes several years to complete, individuals showing a level of intermediacy between full adult male and female-like juveniles are commonly seen (in particular female-plumaged birds with red, or yellow in C. pareola regina, crowns).

Beta males are sometimes sub-adults - easily recognized, as their plumage retain female-like characters.

Another genus, Antilophia was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the helmeted manakin.

[5] In the taxonomic revision to create monotypic genera, all two species of Antilophia was reclassified to Chiroxiphia.