Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin

Neopelma pallescens

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 18 g

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The pale-bellied tyrant-manakin is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 16 to 20.5 g (0.56 to 0.72 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a large bright yellow patch with dusky borders on the crown. The rest of their face, their upperparts, and their wings and tail are olive. Their throat is whitish with faint gray streaks, their breast pale olivaceous gray, and their belly pale creamy whitish. They have a grayish mauve iris, a brownish to grayish bill, and brownish to grayish legs and feet. Voice: The pale-bellied tyrant-manakin's song is a "series of 1 long and 2 short hoarse, froglike, wreh-wrawra notes". Its call is a "hurried rutrut---"; the rut is upslurred and repeated up to seven times.

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When to see the Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin

The pale-bellied tyrant-manakin is a species of bird in the family Pipridae, the manakins. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and possibly Bolivia.

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