White-fronted Manakin

The White-fronted Manakin is a Passeriforme of the family Pipridae.

It measures about 8.7 cm in length. The male is black with a white forecrown, an azure-blue lower rump, an orange-yellow patch on the breast and a yellow belly. The female is green above with a bluish wash on the crown. The throat and breast are olive-green and the belly is yellowish.

It feeds on small fruits and insects.

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The nest is a cup of vegetable fibres and moss placed 1-2 m above the ground in a horizontal fork of a bush or small tree. The clutch is 2 eggs. The male display is usually solitary.

Casal de uirapuru-estrela

Ninho de uirapuru-estrela

Ovo de uirapuru-estrela

Humid forest and forest edges.

In Brazil it is found north of the Amazon from Amapá to the region north of Manaus. It is also found in the Guianas.

  Ocorrências registradas no WikiAves

• Portal Brasil 500 Pássaros, Uirapuru-estrela - Available on http://webserver.eln.gov.br/Pass500/BIRDS/1birds/p355.htm Accessed on 22 May 2009
• Ridgely, Robert S. & Tudor, Guy. (1994) The Birds of South America. Volume 2, University of Texas Press.
• Snow, D. W. (2004) Family Pipridae (Manakins). Pp. 110-169 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., & Christie, D.A. eds (2004). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.