Wire-tailed Manakin
Pipra filicauda
Spectacular manakin with very long tail filaments and piercing white eyes. Males are bright yellow from the face to the underparts and bright red from the crown to the mantle; otherwise they are black. Females are dull olive-green with a yellow tinge to the chin and breast and have shorter tail filaments. Usually found near streams in humid forests, including gallery forests and old second growth.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Pipra filicauda
- Authority
- Spix, 1825
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pipridae
- Genus
- Pipra
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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