About the Golden-winged Manakin
The golden-winged manakin is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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The golden-winged manakin is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 9.0 to 13.5 g (0.32 to 0.48 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a bright golden-yellow forecrown of plush feathers that curve forward over the bill and short black plumes on either side of it that project up as "horns". Their plumage otherwise is mostly black with a patch of orange-red on the hindcrown, a patch of golden-yellow on the throat, and entirely yellow primaries, secondaries, and outermost tail feathers. Adult females are mostly olive-green with a yellow-olive throat, belly, and wing linings. Voice: Male golden-winged manakins make a quiet frog-like "nurrt" call when near their display site. During the "log approach" display they make "a long, whistling seeee-tseet-tseet call ending in a rapid nurrt" as it lands. Both sexes make a thin, high-pitched "tseet" call while foraging.
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What the Golden-winged Manakin sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in January · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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).
Pin-tailed ManakinIlicura militarisMales measure 12.5 cm (4.9 in), while the females measure 11 cm (4.3 in) from tail to beak at full maturity.
Band-tailed ManakinPipra fasciicaudaThe band-tailed manakin is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 19 g (0.41 to 0.67 oz).
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