Family Manakins (Pipridae)
Least Concern
Orange-bellied Manakin (Lepidothrix suavissima)
Taxonomy
French: Manakin à ventre orange German: Orangebauchpipra Spanish: Saltarín ventrinaranja
Taxonomy:
Pipra suavissima
Salvin and Godman
, 1882,Merume Mountains and Bartica, Guyana
.Distribution:
Montane zone of S & SE Venezuela, NC Guyana, and adjacent extreme N Brazil.
Descriptive notes
9 cm; 1 male 8·5 g. Male is black with contrasting white forecrown, bright azure-blue lower rump and uppertail-coverts, yellow-orange belly; iris dark brown; bill black; legs... read more
Voice
Male call a sharp, nasal, upward-inflected “aank”; also a rapid, emphatic, piping series of 7... read more
Habitat
Montane forest and forest borders; 500–1800 m, locally down to 250 m.
Food and feeding
Small fruits and insects, snatched in hovering flight.
Breeding
Not recorded. Male displays solitarily, or occasionally at “exploded” lek, executes bursts of rapid flight manoeuvres from low slender... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Tepuis EBA. Locally common to fairly common; easily overlooked. Montane forest in much of its range is extensive... read more
Until fairly recently treated as conspecific with L. serena, but differs markedly in voice and in syringeal anatomy, as well as in male plumage characters. Monotypic.