Blue-backed Manakin

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[[image: bbmanakins.jpg]]

'''Scientific Name:''' Chiroxiphia pareola

'''Scientific Name:''' Chiroxiphia pareola

'''Habitat:''' South America; southern Colombia, eastern Venezuela, the Guyanas, Brazil in the northeast and the Amazon Basin, and in Tobago. A disjunct population exists on the coastal strip of southeast Brazil, about 3000 km long. The Blue-backed Manakin is absent in the northwest Amazon Basin, a region from central Venezuela to the southern border of Colombia. Common in dry and moist deciduous forests, but not the rainforest.  

'''Habitat:''' South America; southern Colombia, eastern Venezuela, the Guyanas, Brazil in the northeast and the Amazon Basin, and in Tobago. A disjunct population exists on the coastal strip of southeast Brazil, about 3000 km long. The Blue-backed Manakin is absent in the northwest Amazon Basin, a region from central Venezuela to the southern border of Colombia. Common in dry and moist deciduous forests, but not the rainforest.  

'''Diet:''' Fruit nectar and some insects.

'''Diet:''' Fruit nectar and some insects.

Apart from the buzzing display song, Blue-backed Manakin has a number of other calls, including a whee-whee-CHUP, sometimes given by two male in synchrony.

Apart from the buzzing display song, Blue-backed Manakin has a number of other calls, including a whee-whee-CHUP, sometimes given by two male in synchrony.