Black Manakin (Xenopipo atronitens)

Family
Pipridae (Manakins)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis, 1847

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Extreme eastern Colombia, southern and south-eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and Amazonian Brazil (R Negro drainage east to Amap� and R Araguaia); isolated records in eastern Peru (Loreto, Madre de Dios) and north-eastern Bolivia (north-eastern Santa Cruz).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Black Manakin (Xenopipo atronitens) [XC504798]
by Iv\u00e1n Lau from Mari Mari, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil (call)

Black Manakin (Xenopipo atronitens) [XC279639]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Mata da Sapucaia - Assentamento Costa Rica, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus closely related to Chloropipo, which sometimes merged with it, but the single species in present genus differs in being much more vocal.

References
See References.

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