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Small green bird, Itatiaia, Brazil (1 Viewer)
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RobertaG
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George Edwards
Nom de plume
Thanks Max and Roberta. I believe you may be right and this probably is a female Manakin, unfortunately there are quite a few in Brazil, all looking near identical, but fortunately not too many in range.
According to van Perlo, if a Manakin, the possibilities on range are White-bearded or Blue (of which I saw a few males Lekking).
Red-headed, White-crowned, Blue-backed, Eastern-striped are just out of range (north of Rio).
My book doesn't have Golden-collared, only Golden-crowned or Golden-headed but both are way up in the Amazon region, so I think not likely.
The Blue Manakin looks bigger than the White-bearded, but I'm not sure if the sizes in van Perlo refer to the male only or both. The Blue Manakin male has a longer tail. Here's a pic of one in a lek (taken elsewhere) for comparison.
According to van Perlo, if a Manakin, the possibilities on range are White-bearded or Blue (of which I saw a few males Lekking).
Red-headed, White-crowned, Blue-backed, Eastern-striped are just out of range (north of Rio).
My book doesn't have Golden-collared, only Golden-crowned or Golden-headed but both are way up in the Amazon region, so I think not likely.
The Blue Manakin looks bigger than the White-bearded, but I'm not sure if the sizes in van Perlo refer to the male only or both. The Blue Manakin male has a longer tail. Here's a pic of one in a lek (taken elsewhere) for comparison.
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This looks like a female Blue Manakin.
agamiheron
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Again with Andrew - Blue Manakin
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
Agree, note the central tail. The bare parts appear very bright, would this indicate a young male?
Perhaps. I wouldn't like to say for certain, as it's hard to tell if that's a photographic effect.
