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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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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What the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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