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Tangarazinho (Pin-tailed Manakin)

Ilicura militaris

Description:

The male measuring 12.5 cm and female, 11 cm including an extension tail. It presents the typical sexual dimorphism of the genre, with the male having four colors: white, green, black and red, in a very striking pattern; the female is olive gray parts in the upper and sides of the head and throat, with the tail in less prolonged than the male. It presents vocalization or called in shrill, and attends shaded areas to middle and low height of the vegetation.

Habitat:

Normally lives alone, being observed more frequently feeding on fruit trees and bushes, on the edges of forests. It can be found in the areas of Atlantic forest in southern and southeastern Brazil.

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5 Comments

Nayeli
Nayeli 7 years ago

Cute series!

InêsVeloso
InêsVeloso 7 years ago

wow, great pictures!

CassioCorradi
CassioCorradi 7 years ago

Thanks everybody!

JamesPriest2
JamesPriest2 7 years ago

Lovely looking bird. Always love seeing species I've never heard of before

BonnieLewis
BonnieLewis 7 years ago

Gorgeous bird, gorgeous photo!

CassioCorradi
Spotted by
CassioCorradi

MG, Brazil

Spotted on May 14, 2016
Submitted on May 14, 2016

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