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[[Image:Swallow-tailed_Manakin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|arthurgrosset|arthurgrosset}} <br />[[Intervales State Park|Intervales]], Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 2004]]
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[[Image:Swallow-tailed_Manakin.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|arthurgrosset|arthurgrosset}} <br />[[Intervales State Park|Intervales]], Sao Paulo, [[Brazil]], April 2004]]
 
'''Alternative name: Blue Manakin'''
 
'''Alternative name: Blue Manakin'''
 
;[[:Category:Chiroxiphia|Chiroxiphia]] caudata
 
;[[:Category:Chiroxiphia|Chiroxiphia]] caudata
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Bright blue body, black wings, tail and head,  red cap. The far duller female is greenish overall. Juvenile males resemble the adult female, but gradually develop first the red crown, then the black face-sides, and finally the remaining plumage of the adult male.  
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[[Image:Chiroxiphia caudata 01 Tangar .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|prtinoco|prtinoco}}<br />City of Cordeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, [[Brazil]], December 2009]]
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Male 15 cm (6 in), female 14·5 cm (5¾ in)<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Black head
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*Red crown
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*Bright blue body
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*Black wings, tail<br />
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Female has greenish overall plumage<br />
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Juvenile male similar to female, gradually developing the adult plumage, starting with the red crown.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
North-eastern [[Argentina]], southern and south-eastern [[Brazil]], and [[Paraguay]].
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[[South America]]: found in the lowlands of south-eastern [[Brazil]] (southern Bahia) to eastern [[Paraguay]] and north-eastern [[Argentina]].
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist lowland forests and montanes.
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Humid lowland forests, secondary woodland and woodland edges. Generally below 1500 m, though occasionally found up to 1900 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The males form leks and perform an intricate courtship dance before a female.
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[[Image:Tangarajovem.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Xyko Paludo}}<br />Camping e Pousada dos Borges, Mampituba, RS, [[Brazil]], November 2017]]
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of small fruits and insects.
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====Breeding====
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The males form leks and perform an intricate courtship dance on a low, slender, horizontal branch, sometimes being joined by subordinate males.<br />
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Chiroxiphia+caudata}}
 
{{GSearch|Chiroxiphia+caudata}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chiroxiphia]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chiroxiphia]]

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Photo by arthurgrosset
Intervales, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 2004

Alternative name: Blue Manakin

Chiroxiphia caudata

Identification

Female
Photo by prtinoco
City of Cordeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, December 2009

Male 15 cm (6 in), female 14·5 cm (5¾ in)
Male

  • Black head
  • Red crown
  • Bright blue body
  • Black wings, tail

Female has greenish overall plumage
Juvenile male similar to female, gradually developing the adult plumage, starting with the red crown.

Distribution

South America: found in the lowlands of south-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia) to eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Humid lowland forests, secondary woodland and woodland edges. Generally below 1500 m, though occasionally found up to 1900 m.

Behaviour

Juvenile
Photo by Xyko Paludo
Camping e Pousada dos Borges, Mampituba, RS, Brazil, November 2017

Diet

Their main diet consists of small fruits and insects.

Breeding

The males form leks and perform an intricate courtship dance on a low, slender, horizontal branch, sometimes being joined by subordinate males.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
  3. Wikipedia

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