Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni), photo 1 — Photo: Vincent A. Vos · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni), photo 2 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni), photo 3 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni), photo 4 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Vincent A. Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Vincent A. Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin sounds like

Sonogram of the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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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When to see the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Peru Ecuador Colombia Venezuela Bolivia

About the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

The dwarf tyrant-manakin or dwarf tyranneutes is a species of bird in the family Pipridae, the manakins. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Tiny Tyrant-ManakinTyranneutes virescensThe tiny tyrant-manakin is about 7 to 8 cm (2.8 to 3.1 in) long and weighs 6 to 8.5 g (0.21 to 0.30 oz).

Side by side: Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin vs White-crowned Manakin

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