Bird group

Manakins

55 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Araripe Manakin
Chiroxiphia bokermanni
Critically Endangered≈ Unknown

The Araripe Manakin is a compact forest bird of Brazilian forests, cerrado, and woodland edges. Males often use display perches or leks,…

Band-tailed Manakin
Pipra fasciicauda
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Band-tailed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Atlantic Forest of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Males often use display perches or…

Black Manakin
Xenopipo atronitens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the species…

Blue-backed Manakin
Chiroxiphia pareola
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Blue-backed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Atlantic Forest of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Males often use display perches or…

Blue-capped Manakin
Lepidothrix coronata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Blue-capped Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Blue-rumped Manakin
Lepidothrix isidorei
Least Concern≈ 10K-19,999

The Blue-rumped Manakin is a compact forest bird of Andean forests and foothills of western South America. Males often use display perches…

Cerulean-capped Manakin
Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cerulean-capped Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while…

Choco Manakin
Cryptopipo litae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Choco Manakin is a compact forest bird of Andean forests and foothills of western South America. Males often use display perches or…

Club-winged Manakin
Machaeropterus deliciosus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Club-winged Manakin is a compact forest bird of Choco forests of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Males often use display…

Crimson-hooded Manakin
Pipra aureola
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Crimson-hooded Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin
Tyranneutes stolzmanni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Fiery-capped Manakin
Machaeropterus pyrocephalus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Fiery-capped Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Flame-crowned Manakin
Heterocercus linteatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Flame-crowned Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Golden-collared Manakin
Manacus vitellinus
Least Concern≈ 500K-4,999,999

The Golden-collared Manakin is a compact forest bird of Central American forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Males often use display…

Golden-crowned Manakin
Lepidothrix vilasboasi
Least Concern≈ 15K-137K

The Golden-crowned Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Golden-headed Manakin
Ceratopipra erythrocephala
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Golden-headed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Golden-winged Manakin
Masius chrysopterus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Golden-winged Manakin is a compact forest bird of andean forests and foothills of western south america. Males often use display…

Green Manakin
Cryptopipo holochlora
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Green Manakin is a compact forest bird of Andean forests and foothills of western South America. Males often use display perches or…

Helmeted Manakin
Chiroxiphia galeata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Helmeted Manakin is a compact forest bird of Brazilian forests, cerrado, and woodland edges. Males often use display perches or leks,…

Jet Manakin
Chloropipo unicolor
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Jet Manakin is a compact forest bird of Andean forests and foothills of western South America. Males often use display perches or leks,…

Kinglet Manakin
Machaeropterus regulus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Kinglet Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Lance-tailed Manakin
Chiroxiphia lanceolata
Least Concern≈ 500K-4,999,999

The Lance-tailed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Central American forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Males often use display…

Long-tailed Manakin
Chiroxiphia linearis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Long-tailed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Brazilian forests, cerrado, and woodland edges. Males often use display perches or…

Olive Manakin
Xenopipo uniformis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Olive Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the species…

Opal-crowned Manakin
Lepidothrix iris
Vulnerable≈ 250K-1.5M

The Opal-crowned Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Orange-bellied Manakin
Lepidothrix suavissima
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Orange-bellied Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Orange-collared Manakin
Manacus aurantiacus
Least Concern≈ 50K-499,999

The Orange-collared Manakin is a compact forest bird of Central American forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Males often use display…

Orange-crowned Manakin
Heterocercus aurantiivertex
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Orange-crowned Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Painted Manakin
Machaeropterus eckelberryi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Painted Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin
Neopelma pallescens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin is a compact forest bird of Brazilian forests, cerrado, and woodland edges. Males often use display perches…

Pin-tailed Manakin
Ilicura militaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pin-tailed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Atlantic Forest of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Males often use display perches or…

Red-capped Manakin
Ceratopipra mentalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-capped Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Red-headed Manakin
Ceratopipra rubrocapilla
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-headed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Atlantic Forest of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Males often use display perches or…

Round-tailed Manakin
Ceratopipra chloromeros
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Round-tailed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin
Neopelma chrysocephalum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin is a compact forest bird of Brazilian forests, cerrado, and woodland edges. Males often use display…

Scarlet-horned Manakin
Ceratopipra cornuta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Scarlet-horned Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin
Protopelma chrysolophum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin is a compact forest bird of Atlantic Forest of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Males often use display…

Snow-capped Manakin
Lepidothrix nattereri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Snow-capped Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Striolated Manakin
Machaeropterus striolatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Striolated Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin
Neopelma sulphureiventer
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin is a compact forest bird of Brazilian forests, cerrado, and woodland edges. Males often use display…

Swallow-tailed Manakin
Chiroxiphia caudata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Swallow-tailed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Atlantic Forest of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Males often use display perches…

Tiny Tyrant-Manakin
Tyranneutes virescens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tiny Tyrant-Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Velvety Manakin
Lepidothrix velutina
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Velvety Manakin is a compact forest bird of Central American forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Males often use display perches or…

White-bearded Manakin
Manacus manacus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-bearded Manakin is a compact forest bird of Central American forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Males often use display…

White-bibbed Manakin
Corapipo leucorrhoa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-bibbed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Central American forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Males often use display…

White-collared Manakin
Manacus candei
Least Concern≈ 50K-499,999

The White-collared Manakin is a compact forest bird of Central American forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Males often use display…

White-crowned Manakin
Pseudopipra pipra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-crowned Manakin is a compact forest bird of tropical forests and wooded edges from Central America through South America. Males…

White-fronted Manakin
Lepidothrix serena
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-fronted Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

White-ruffed Manakin
Corapipo altera
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-ruffed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Central American forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Males often use display…

White-throated Manakin
Corapipo gutturalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-throated Manakin is a compact forest bird of Central American forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Males often use display…

Wied's Tyrant-Manakin
Neopelma aurifrons
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Wied's Tyrant-Manakin is a compact forest bird of brazilian forests, cerrado, and woodland edges. Males often use display perches or…

Wire-tailed Manakin
Pipra filicauda
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Wire-tailed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Yellow-crowned Manakin
Heterocercus flavivertex
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-crowned Manakin is a compact forest bird of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. Males often use display perches or leks, while the…

Yellow-headed Manakin
Chloropipo flavicapilla
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Yellow-headed Manakin is a compact forest bird of Andean forests and foothills of western South America. Males often use display…

Yungas Manakin
Chiroxiphia boliviana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yungas Manakin is a compact forest bird of Brazilian forests, cerrado, and woodland edges. Males often use display perches or leks,…