The dwarf tyrant-manakin or dwarf tyranneutes (Tyranneutes stolzmanni) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae.
Dwarf tyrant-manakin | |
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call recorded in Ecuador | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pipridae |
Genus: | Tyranneutes |
Species: | T. stolzmanni
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Binomial name | |
Tyranneutes stolzmanni (Hellmayr, 1906)
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Distribution and habitat
editIt is found throughout most of the Amazon Basin, except the area east of the Rio Negro. Rarely found at the edges of the forest, it prefers being at the mid-strata level deep in the forest. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Description
editThe dwarf tyrant-manakin is dull olive above, but lightens to a yellow-olive below. It has a short tail.
Behavior
editThese birds rarely move, but produce a distinctive two-note call, which readily identifies them.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tyranneutes stolzmanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22701195A93817142. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701195A93817142.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.