- Chiroxiphia lanceolata
Identification
Photo by Stanley Jones
Old Gamboa Road nr Summit Gardens, Panamá Province, Panama, December 2017
13-13.5 cm (5-5¼ in, female smaller) long and 17.5 g. 2 central tail feathers elongated to form a spike.
Male - black, with a red crown patch, bright sky-blue back, and bright orange legs.
Female - olive-green upperparts, paler olive underparts; legs orange-red.
Young males are olive, but show a red cap and the start of a blue back as they mature.
Distribution
Costa Rica, Panama, northern Colombia and western half of northern Venezuela.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dry to moist woodlands with thick undergrowth including areas with thick scrub and secondary growth.
Behaviour
Breeding
The female builds a cup nest in a tree. The clutch consists of 2 cream eggs with brown mottling. They are incubated solely by the female for about 20 days.
The male is joined by a subordinate and displays on a slender, horizontal stem.
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of fruits, picked off a low tree or bush in flight. They also eat some insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Mar 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lance-tailed Manakin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lance-tailed_Manakin
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
