Lance-tailed Manakin
Chiroxiphia lanceolata
Like other manakins, the lance-tailed manakin is a compact, brightly coloured forest bird, typically 13.5 cm long and weighing 17.5 g. Both sexes have bring orange legs and two central tail feathers elongated to form a spike. Females are olive-green, with slightly paler underparts. Most females are solid green, however, a small portion have tawny or red caps. Adult males are mostly black, with a red cap and sky-blue back. Young males are olive but show a red cap and the start of a blue back as they mature.
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Yungas Manakin
Chiroxiphia boliviana
The Yungas manakin is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs about 14 to 22 g (0.49 to 0.78 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic, though both sexes have a short tuft of feathers on the forecrown. Adult males have a small dark red patch in the center of their crown and a pale blue back. The rest of their plumage is black. Adult females have olive-green upperparts with browner wing coverts and flight feathers. Their underparts are a paler green that becomes paler still on the lower belly and undertail coverts. Voice: The Yungas manakin's song is "a loud "CHEW'LEW!", "CHEW!", "TCHAW", or "WHEW!" and is often sung in chorus. The male's display call is "a quiet, nasal, buzzy errwahh repeated several times". Another call is "a rising, ani-like huLEE?".
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