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Club-winged Manakin

Machaeropterus deliciosus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCup nestTiny · 13 g
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 1
Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 2
Photo: ryanfm · CC BY 4.0
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 3
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 4
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 5
Photo: Carrie Seltzer · CC BY 4.0
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 6
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 7
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 8
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Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 9
Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus), photo 10
Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0

What the Club-winged Manakin sounds like

Sonogram of the Club-winged Manakin: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song, lek song, calls · Pichincha: ridge between Río Mindo and Río Nambillo, 3 km SE Mindo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Club-winged Manakin: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song, lek song · Pichincha: ridge between Río Mindo and Río Nambillo, 3 km SE Mindo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Club-winged Manakin: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song, lek song · Pichincha: ridge between Río Mindo and Río Nambillo, 3 km SE Mindo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The club-winged manakin is about 9.5 to 10 cm (3.7 to 3.9 in) long. One female weighed 12 g (0.42 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a scarlet forehead and crown and a dusky stripe through the eye. The rest of their head and their body are mostly chestnut-brown that is lighter on the face and darker on the belly. Their rump and uppertail coverts are blackish. Their flanks have some white mixed in. Their scapulars and tail are black and their wings black with much white on the flight feathers. Voice: The male club-winged manakins at a lek make "a high-pitched seet or seet-seet followed by up to 8 loud, strident keah! notes".

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When to see the Club-winged Manakin

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Club-winged Manakin

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Colombia

About the Club-winged Manakin

The club-winged manakin is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Striolated Manakin (Machaeropterus striolatus) Striolated ManakinMachaeropterus striolatusThe striolated manakin is 9 to 10.3 cm (3.5 to 4.1 in) long and weighs 6.4 to 12.5 g (0.23 to 0.44 oz). Fiery-capped Manakin (Machaeropterus pyrocephalus) Fiery-capped ManakinMachaeropterus pyrocephalusThe fiery-capped manakin is 8 to 9 cm (3.1 to 3.5 in) long and weighs about 10 g (0.35 oz). Kinglet Manakin (Machaeropterus regulus) Kinglet ManakinMachaeropterus regulusThe kinglet manakin is 9 to 10.3 cm (3.5 to 4.1 in) long and weighs 6.4 to 12.5 g (0.23 to 0.44 oz).

Side by side: Club-winged Manakin vs Striolated Manakin · Club-winged Manakin vs Fiery-capped Manakin

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