Birds of Colombia

    PASSERIFORMES: Pipridae (Manakins)  
Genus: Lepidothrix (3 species, 9 worldwide)


Blue-capped Manakin
Blue-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata carbonata) Male
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue-capped Manakin
Blue-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata carbonata) Female
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Formerly called the Blue-crowned Manakin. The Amazon subspecies were split from the Pacific subspecies (now called Velvety Manakin), and is generally common but rarely photographed.

Blue-rumped Manakin
Blue-rumped Manakin (Lepidothrix isidorei) Male
Campucana, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue-rumped Manakin
Blue-rumped Manakin (Lepidothrix isidorei leucopygia) Female
Plataforma, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Usually found in groups that can stay in the same place for years.

Velvety Manakin
Velvety Manakin (Lepidothrix velutina minuscula) Male
Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Velvety Manakin
Velvety Manakin (Lepidothrix velutina minuscula) Female
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Formerly called the Blue-crowned Manakin. The Pacific and Central American subspecies were split from the Amazon subspecies (now called Blue-capped Manakin)


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