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Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin vs White-crowned Manakin

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni)

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

Tyranneutes stolzmanni

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The dwarf tyrant-manakin is 7.5 to 9 cm (3.0 to 3.5 in) long and weighs 6.9 to 10 g (0.24 to 0.35 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have an olive head, upperparts, wings, and tail. Their throat and breast are paler grayish olive and their belly pale yellow. They have a highly variable iris with colors ranging from yellowish white to pale grayish or pale brown. They have a dark maxilla, a paler mandible, and grayish legs and feet. Voice: The dwarf tyrant-manakin is very difficult to see and is almost always only heard. Its song is a "curt zweeh-wit (wit much higher) or zweeh-dewít". Its call is a "very high, hurried prutrut---" with three to six rut notes.

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Sonogram of the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Vincent A. Vos · CC BY 4.0
White-crowned Manakin (Pseudopipra pipra)

White-crowned Manakin

Pseudopipra pipra

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The white-crowned manakin is 9–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in) in length. The male of the nominate subspecies has an average weight of 11.0 g (0.39 oz); the female is slightly heavier and on average weighs 12.8 g (0.45 oz). It is a compact short-tailed bird with a stout hooked bill, dark legs, red eyes and striking male plumage. The adult male is mostly black with a white crown which can be erected as a low crest. His call is a buzzy jeeeee, louder and preceded by a popping p-p-p chee when displaying.

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Sonogram of the White-crowned Manakin
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Begging call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Ana Agreda, Aves y Conservación · Public domain

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