Striolated Manakin

Machaeropterus striolatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCup nestTiny · 9 g

What the Striolated Manakin sounds like

Sonogram of the Striolated Manakin: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Striolated 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
Sonogram of the Striolated Manakin: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The 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). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies M. s. striolatus have a bright red forehead, crown, and nape. Their face, upperparts, and tail are bright olive-green. Their wings are mostly a grayer olive-green than the upperparts and have white tips on the tertials and white inner webs on the other flight feathers. Their chin and throat are buff or whitish. The rest of their underparts are whitish with bold red stripes on the breast, belly, and flanks. Voice: The male striolated manakin's "advertising call" varies among the subspecies but is "always somewhat insect-like". In Ecuador its song is described as a repeated "soft, clear, whistled who-cheéuw". In Peru it is described as "a high, sneezy cli-CHEW!".

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When to see the Striolated Manakin

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

Where to see the Striolated Manakin

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Striolated Manakin

The striolated manakin or western striped manakin is a small South American species of passerine bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

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