Manakins (Pipridae)
Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus) - HBW 9, p. 159
French: Manakin à ailes blanches
German: Keulenschwingenpipra
Spanish: Saltarín Alitorcido
Taxonomy: Pipra deliciosa P. L. Sclater, 1860, Nanegal, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Formerly placed in a monotypic genus Allocotopterus on basis of highly modified secondaries, but now considered better merged with present genus, other members of which (M. pyrocephalus, M. striolatus, M. regulus) exhibit similar, though less extreme, modifications. Monotypic.
Distribution: W slope of Andes in SW Colombia (S from Risaralda) and W Ecuador (S to Pichincha, also in El Oro and W Loja).
- Least Concern
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A female brooding two nestlings Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biologica... 15 February 2004 3 years ago 27 sec 4.7 -
A male displaying in a lek Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A female in the nest, incubating Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biologica... 15 February 2004 3 years ago 40 sec 4.6 -
A male in a lek, displaying Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 4 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
A female arriving to the nest to feed the two nestlings and eating their faecal sacs Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biologica... 15 February 2004 3 years ago 41 sec 3.9 -
A male performing the courtship display Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 6 January 2007 2 years ago 19 sec 3.7
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Male displaying Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Helmut Schumann 19 November 2008 1 year ago 3.2
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display of two males, sound produced by the wings! Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
DusanB 20 August 2009 33 weeks ago 3
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