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Golden-collared Manakin | Manacus vitellinus
Goudkraagmanakin | Saltarín cuellidorado | Rendeira-de-colar-dourado
The Golden-collared Manakin is a manakin of the lowlands of Panama and north-western Colombia. The male has a golden-yellow collar and displays together with other males on the forest floor, its wings producing loud snaps. The wing sounds and rapid display movements of this species have been studied in detail.
Voice
During display loud, snapping clack sounds made by the wings, carrying far through the forest, and a whirring sound as the male flies back and forth between thin stems; also a high cheew.
Recording: David Monroy Rengifo — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · xeno-canto
Identification
10–11 cm, compact, with a short tail and orange legs. The male has a black crown, black wings and tail and a black band across the back; the throat, collar and upper back are golden yellow, the throat feathers being puffed out like a beard in display; the underparts are olive-green. The female is plain olive-green, with a paler, yellowish belly and orange legs. Young males resemble the female.
Confusion species
White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus has a white throat and collar and a grey belly in the male; it lives elsewhere in the guide area, including western Ecuador. Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus has an orange collar and lives in Costa Rica and western Panama. The female Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis lacks orange legs and has a darker eye.
Habitat
Humid lowland forest, secondary forest, forest edges and dense thickets, up to about 1000 m. It eats mainly small fruits, as well as insects. Males display in groups close together, each on a small cleared patch of the forest floor. The nest is a shallow cup low in the vegetation.
Where the bird is most at home, classified by the vegetation units of the Andes and the west coast.
Range and movements
In Colombia in the north-west: the Pacific lowlands of the Chocó south along the coast, and the lowlands of Córdoba and northern Antioquia. Absent from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and the Galápagos. Outside the guide area in Panama.
- Resident
- dark = core range, pale = thinly spread
How and when to look
In secondary forest and forest edges in the Chocó and northern Antioquia. The snapping of displaying males is often the first clue; follow the sound into the understorey.
Conservation status
Least Concern. The species tolerates secondary forest and forest edges well.
Scientific name
Manacus vitellinus | (Gould, 1843)
Gould described the species in 1843 as Pipra vitellina; because it was later moved to another genus, the author and year stand in brackets. The genus Manacus was introduced in 1760 by Brisson. The genus name comes from Dutch manneken, 'pretty little thing', which is also the source of the word 'manakin'. The specific name is Latin vitellinus, 'egg-yolk yellow', from vitellus, 'egg yolk', after the golden-yellow collar. The specimen the first description was based on came from Panama City, Panama.