Jet Manakin - BirdForum Opus

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Chloropipo unicolor

Xenopipo unicolor

Male
Photo © by Thibaud
Pasco, Peru, November, 2020

Identification

Chunky, fairly long-tailed manakin. Male is all black, while the female is dark green. Both have characteristic white underwing coverts, which often show as a white fringe around the bend of the wing on perched birds.

Distribution

Ecuador and Peru

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species².

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Behaviour

Quiet and inconspicuous, usually seen feeding on fruit, occasionally loosely associated with mixed flocks.

References

1. SACC as read in September 2008
2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Jet Manakin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Jet_Manakin

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