Club-winged Manakin
Photo © Christoph Moning
Photo © Christoph Moning — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist photo #104827981The club-winged manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. == Taxonomy and systematics == The club-winged manakin was originally described in 1860 as Pipra deliciosus. It was later moved to genus Machaeropterus that had been erected in 1854. For a time in the twentieth century it was placed in the monotypic genus Allocotopterus but by the 1980s it reached its current placement. The club-winged manakin is monotypic. == Description == The club-winged manakin is about 9.5 to 10 cm (3.7 to 3.9 in) long. One female weighed 12 g (0.42 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a scarlet forehead and crown and a dusky stripe through the eye. The rest of their head and their body are mostly chestnut-brown that is lighter on the face and darker on the belly. Their rump and uppertail coverts are blackish. Their flanks have some white mixed in. Their scapulars and tail are black and their wings black with much white on the flight feathers. Some wing feathers are highly modified as described in the "non-vocal sounds" section below. Adult females have an olive head with a cinnamon tinge…
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