Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin
Neopelma sulphureiventer
Large, tan manakin. Longer-tailed with a more upright posture than other smaller manakins. Forages singly or in pairs in the low midstory of dense, viny secondary forest, especially along rivers; in areas with bamboos, largely restricted to bamboo patches. Call is distinctive nasal laughing.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Neopelma sulphureiventer
- Authority
- (Hellmayr, 1903)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Neopelma
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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