Yungas manakin

Yungas manakin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae
Genus: Chiroxiphia
Species: C. boliviana
Binomial name
Chiroxiphia boliviana
Allen, 1889

The Yungas manakin (Chiroxiphia boliviana) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It closely resembles the blue-backed manakin, but unlike that species it has dull dark red legs and is found in humid highland forests in the Yungas of southeastern Peru and Bolivia.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Chiroxiphia boliviana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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