Kinglet Manakin Eastern Striped Manakin Machaeropterus regulus

Kinglet Manakin Machaeropterus regulus
(aka Eastern Striped Manakin)

REGUA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 2006

Kinglet Manakin or Eastern Striped Manakin was split from Striolated Manakin or Western Striped Manakin M. striolatus by Dr. David Snow in HBW, Volume 9 and most authorities including Clements and eBird now follow that taxonomy.

Kinglet Manakin is distributed in south-east Brazil from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro. It is found in lowland Atlantic Rain Forest.

The male has a red crown and nape, olive upperparts and whitish underparts with brownish streaks.

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