Alternative name: Broad-billed Sapayoa; Broad-billed Manakin
- Sapayoa aenigma
Identification
13.5 - 15cm. A dull, tyrannid-like species.
- Usually concealed yellow crownstripe
- Mostly plain olive plumage
- Duskier wings and tail
- Yellower tinged throat and belly
- Black bill
- Flat, wide bill
Females without yellow crownstripe, juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
From Panama to western Colombia and extreme northwestern Ecuador.
Rare to uncommon but status not well known.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It's systematic position was unclear; it has been placed in the Manakins, or within the Broadbills from Asia and Africa. It is now widely accepted that it merits its own family (Sapayoidae).
Habitat
Lowland rainforest, ravines and small streams. Up to 1100m.
Behaviour
Quiet and unobtrusive.
Feeds on small fruits and insects.
Often perches for long periods before making aerial sallies. Often in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding from April to May in Panama, February to April in Colombia. The pear-shaped nest has a side entrance and is suspended from a branch. A described nest contained 2 nestlings.
A resident species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2004. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334696
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sapayoa. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sapayoa
