Jet Manakin (Chloropipo unicolor) | Calls and ID

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ForestSmall · 16 g

What the Jet Manakin sounds like

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

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

ID tip

The jet manakin is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 15.5 g (0.55 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males are entirely black except for white underwing coverts. Adult females are mostly dark olive with a grayish olive throat and belly. Both sexes have a dark brown iris, a bluish gray to gray bill, and dark olive-gray to pinkish gray legs and feet. Voice: The jet manakin's call is "a rising, squeaky tueee?".

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When to see the Jet Manakin

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

Where to see the Jet Manakin

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Ecuador

Recorded as a rare visitor in Bolivia.

About the Jet Manakin

The jet manakin is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-headed ManakinChloropipo flavicapillaThe yellow-headed manakin is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 15.3 to 19.5 g (0.54 to 0.69 oz).

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