Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin

About the Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin

The sulphur-bellied tyrant-manakin (Neopelma sulphureiventer) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. The sulphur-bellied tyrant-manakin was originally described as Scotothorus sulphureiventer. It was later reassigned to genus Neopelma that had been erected in 1860.

The sulphur-bellied tyrant-manakin is monotypic. The sulphur-bellied tyrant-manakin is 13 to 13.5 cm (5.1 to 5.3 in) long and weighs 14 to 19.4 g (0.49 to 0.68 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a partially hidden, pale sulphur-yellow stripe on the crown. The rest of their face and their upperparts are dull olive-green. Their wings and tail are a slightly browner olive-green. Their throat is dull grayish white, their upper breast grayish olive, and their lower breast and belly pale sulphur-yellow. They have a pale grayish to creamy or orange-brown iris, a brownish and longish bill, and grayish legs and feet.

The sulphur-bellied tyrant-manakin is a bird of the far western Amazon Basin. One population separate from its main range is found in Peru's Loreto and San Martín departments. Its... Wikipedia →