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Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes stolzmanni Scientific name definitions

David Snow
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2004

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Introduction

The Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin is a tiny manakin of the Amazon basin. While its call, "jew-rit", is a common sound in tall forest, this bird is infamous for being extremely difficult to see. This is partly a result of its preference for higher strata in the forest than many manakin species. Here it feeds on small fruits and occasional invertebrates. Males display from the tops of tall trees by flying straight up 20 to 30 m and then diving back to their original perch. Both sexes are dull green overall and have pale eyes.

Field Identification

8–9 cm; 6·9–10 g. Tiny, drab manakin with very short tail, pale eyes. Plumage is uniformly olive above, throat to breast paler greyish-olive, belly pale yellow; iris yellowish-white or orange-tinged white to pale greyish or pale brown; bill dark, paler lower mandible; legs greyish. Differs from very similar T. virescens in lack of yellow crownstripe, pale eyes, marginally larger size with slightly longer tail. Sexes alike, female with marginally longer tail than male. Juvenile undescribed.

Systematics History

Closely related to T. virescens. Monotypic.

Subspecies

Monotypic.

Distribution

S Venezuela (Amazonas, W & S Bolívar) and Amazonia from E Colombia S (E from foothills of Andes) to Ecuador, Peru and N Bolivia, and E to NW & NC Brazil (E to R Branco and, S of Amazon, to Maranhão and S to S Mato Grosso).

Habitat

Humid terra firme and, to lesser extent, várzea forest, especially on white sandy soils; rarely, forages out into edges and clearings. Mostly below 500 m; locally higher in W, to 1000 m in Ecuador.

Movement

Resident.

Diet and Foraging

Mainly small fruits; also invertebrates. Forages in lower and middle strata, but sometimes high into canopy.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Male advertising call an often repeated “jew-pit”.

Breeding

Single record: young in nest mid-Apr, E Ecuador. Nest a tiny cup (5 cm outside diameter, 3·5 cm inside, 3 cm deep) of sparse black rootlets, 1·5 m up in small sapling. Male display includes flying with very fast wing­beats from perch at top of very tall tree, straight up to height of 20–30 m, then “dive-bombing” back to same perch.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife LC Least Concern
Not globally threatened. Fairly common to common in much of range; often numerous in suitable habitat, but very easily overlooked. Notably inconspicuous, frequently detected only by its calls.
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Distribution of the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

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Recommended Citation

Snow, D. (2020). Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.dwtman1.01
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