Band-tailed Manakin

About the Band-tailed Manakin

The band-tailed manakin (Pipra fasciicauda) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is a small, frugivorous passerine found in humid montane and lowland tropical forests throughout Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.

The band-tailed manakin has these five subspecies: P. f. calamae Hellmayr, 1910 P. f. saturata Zimmer, JT, 1936 P. f. purusiana Snethlage, E, 1907 P. f. fasciicauda Hellmayr, 1906 P. f. scarlatina Hellmayr, 1915 The band-tailed manakin forms a superspecies with its two congeners, the wire-tailed manakin (P. filicauda) and crimson-hooded manakin (P. aureola). The species was described to science by Carl Eduard Hellmayr in 1906. Its average generation length is approximately 3.73 years.

The 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). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. f. fasciicauda have a yellow face and throat; the rest of their head, nape, and upper mantle are red. The rest of their upperparts, wings, and tail are mostly black. They have a white base to the tail and a white patch on the inner webs of the... Wikipedia →