Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma sulphureiventer Scientific name definitions

Of this species’ congeners, generally only the range of the Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin (Neopelma pallescens) approaches that of the Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, although that of the Saffron-crested Tyrant Manakin (Neopelma chrysocephalum) also comes close in northeast Peru. In plumage, the clear pale yellow belly of the Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin should separate it from the Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, but as always with this genus, it is voice that is probably most useful in species identification. This tyrant-manakin is restricted to southwest Amazonia, in western Brazil to eastern Peru and south to northern Bolivia. It is mainly found below 700 m, but occurs locally to 1,000 m, and the species inhabits seasonally flooded forest, with a special preference for thickets of bamboo or vine tangles in some parts, but it also occurs in semi-deciduous scrub on poor soils in northern Peru.

CE & SE Peru (SW Loreto and E San Martín S to Madre de Dios), N & C Bolivia (S to Cochabamba and N Santa Cruz) and adjacent parts of W Brazil.