Alternative name: Tepui Manakin
- Lepidothrix suavissima
Identification
9 cm (3½ in)
Male
- Black upperparts
- White forehead
- Azure-blue lower rump and uppertail-coverts
- Yellowish-orange belly
- Dark brown iris
- Black bill
Distribution
South America: found in tepuis of southern Venezuela to northern Guyana and extreme northern Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1], which in the past has been included as a subspecies in White-fronted Manakin2.
This species has in the past been placed in genus Pipra.
Habitat
Montane forests and forest edges.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of small fruits and insects, taken in hovering flight.
Breeding
Very little information available. The male displays at a lek with a series of rapid flight manoeuvres.
References
- 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/
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Mar 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Orange-bellied Manakin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Orange-bellied_Manakin
