Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) [XC259105]
by John V. Moore from Sucumb\u00edos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call)
Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) [XC446444]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Torre 1, Alta Floresta, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil (call, song, lek)
Subspecies
Genus closely related to Antilophia. All members of present genus suggested by some as forming a superspecies. Has sometimes been treated as conspecific with Long-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis) and Lance-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata). Formerly included Yungas Manakin (Chiroxiphia boliviana) as a subspecies, but the two recently shown to differ in ecology and voice.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
napensis Miller, W, 1908 - Southern and south-eastern Colombia (east of Andes), eastern Ecuador and northern Peru (mainly north of R Marañón).
regina Sclater, PL, 1856 - Eastern Peru (south of R Marañón), western Brazil mostly south of Amazon (east to lower R Tapajós, also recorded north of Amazon at two sites west of R Negro) and extreme northern Bolivia.
atlantica Dalmas, 1900 - Tobago.
pareola (Linnaeus, 1766) - Eastern Venezuela (north-eastern Bolívar), the Guianas, and north-eastern and eastern Brazil (from Roraima, Obidos and right bank of R Tapajós east to Maranhío and south to Mato Grosso and south-eastern Pará, also isolated coastal population from Rio Grande do Norte south to Espírito Santo).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet