Blue-backed Manakin
A species of Cooperative-displaying Manakins Scientific name : Chiroxiphia pareola Genus : Cooperative-displaying Manakins
Blue-backed Manakin, A species of Cooperative-displaying Manakins
Botanical name: Chiroxiphia pareola
Genus: Cooperative-displaying Manakins
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Description
Like other manakins, the blue-backed manakin is a compact, brightly coloured forest bird, typically 13 cm long and weighing 19 g. The male is mainly black with a bright blue back, and pale orange legs. The crown is typically red, but yellow in C. pareola regina from the south-west Amazon. The female has olive-green upperparts, and somewhat paler olive underparts. Young males are olive, but show a red cap and the start of a blue back as they mature. The race endemic to Tobago, C. p. atlantica is larger and has more extensive red on the crown and blue on the back. It has been suggested that it represents a separate species, the Tobago manakin, but no major authorities recognize this today. This species is similar to lance-tailed manakin, Chiroxiphia lanceolata, which breeds further north from northern Venezuela to Costa Rica, but the latter has elongated central tail feathers, and the male has a somewhat brighter blue back. 
Size
13 cm
Life Expectancy
14 years
Feeding Habits
Blue-backed Manakin primarily eat small fruits and insects, plucking or snatching their food from vegetation during agile sallying flights, a unique feeding behavior that showcases their aerial dexterity.
Habitat
The blue-backed Manakin primarily inhabits humid forests and mature secondary woodlands, thriving amidst dense woody undergrowth. Preferred habitats are typically lowland regions, ranging up to 500 meters in elevation, though it can be found locally up to 750 meters in areas like Ecuador and Peru. The blue-backed Manakin also occupies drier forests and scrubby woodland ecosystems, particularly in parts of Venezuela and Guyana. This species avoids rainforests and is notably absent from northwest Amazon Basin forests.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
It is found in southern Colombia, eastern Venezuela, the Guyanas, northeast Brazil, the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru; and in Tobago. A disjunct population exists on the coastal strip of southeast Brazil, about 3000 km long. The blue-backed manakin is absent in the northwest Amazon Basin, a region from central Venezuela to the southern border of Colombia. This manakin is a fairly common bird of dry and moist deciduous forests, but not rainforest.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
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