Birds of Ecuador

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Genus: Chloropipo (2 species, 2 worldwide)



Yellow-headed Manakin
Yellow-headed Manakin (Chloropipo flavicapilla) Male Vulnerable
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-headed Manakin
Yellow-headed Manakin (Chloropipo flavicapilla) Female Vulnerable
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia
  The female is less plain than many female manakins. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Rare, quiet, and local and not found in many places where it was once found. In my opinion is Critically Endangered.
Male from back.

Jet Manakin
Jet Manakin (Chloropipo unicolor) Female
Cotapata, La Paz, Bolivia   		   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.
An all black manakin (female greenish) found at mid-altitudes on the eastern Andean slope.

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