White-bibbed Manakin

Corapipo leucorrhoa

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

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The white-bibbed manakin is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs about 12.5 g (0.44 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males are mostly glossy blue-black. Their chin, throat, ear coverts, and the sides of their neck are white; the throat and neck feathers are long and form a ruff. Their primaries and the inner webs of their secondaries are dusky. Adult females have olive-green upperparts. Their chin and throat are pale gray to grayish olive green. Their breast, sides, and flanks are pale olive green and their belly and undertail coverts pale yellowish. Voice: Male white-bibbed manakins make "a twangy seet' t't'u-u-u" during display flights. The species' call is "a high, thin, insect-like s-e-e-e-e-e-e-e" that sounds like a slightly blurry trill.

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When to see the White-bibbed Manakin

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

Where to see the White-bibbed 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.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Costa Rica.

About the White-bibbed Manakin

The white-bibbed manakin is a species of bird belonging to the family Pipridae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

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