Blue-rumped Manakin - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Stanley Jones
Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador, January 2016

Lepidothrix isidorei

Identification

7·5 cm (3 in)
Male nominate

• Black overall plumage
• White cap
• Azure-blue rump and upper tail coverts
• Dark brownish-red iris
• Dark upper mandible, greyish lower mandible

Distribution

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Taxonomy

This species has in the past been placed in genus Pipra.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• L. i. isidorei:

• Eastern slope of Andes of Colombia (western Meta) and eastern Ecuador

• L. i. leucopygia:

• Andean foothills of northern Peru (San Martín and northern Huánuco)

Habitat

Rain forest, subtropical elevational zone. Observed at heights around 400 m (4,593 ft) elevation.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little information available; thought to be similar to Blue-capped Manakin

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2016)
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-rumped Manakin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-rumped_Manakin

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