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Like other manakins, the blue-backed manakin is a compact, brightly coloured forest bird, typically 13 cm long and weighing 19 g. The male is mainly black with a bright blue back, and pale orange legs. The crown is typically red, but yellow in C. pareola regina from the south-west Amazon.
The blue manakin or swallow-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) is a small species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found mainly in the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. Its typical habitat is wet lowland or montane forest and heavily degraded former forest.
Blue-backed manakin: southern Colombia, eastern Venezuela, the Guyanas, northeast Brazil, the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru; and in Tobago. Chiroxiphia boliviana: Yungas manakin: Yungas of southeastern Peru and Bolivia. Chiroxiphia caudata: Blue manakin: south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina.
Blue-backed manakin. Order: Passeriformes Family: Pipridae. Pale-bellied tyrant manakin (Neopelma pallescens) Blue-backed manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) Araripe manakin (Antilophia bokermanni) (ES) Band-tailed manakin (Pipra fasciicauda)
White-fronted manakin: Surname and French Guiana Lepidothrix iris: Opal-crowned manakin: Brazil Lepidothrix vilasboasi: Golden-crowned manakin: Brazil Lepidothrix nattereri: Snow-capped manakin: Amazon Basin of Brazil and far north-eastern Bolivia Lepidothrix isidorei: Blue-rumped manakin: Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla
Manakins range in size from 7 to 15 cm (3 to 6 in) and in weight from 8 to 30 g (0.28 to 1.06 oz). Species in the genus Tyranneutes are the smallest manakins, those in the genus Antilophia are believed to be the largest (since the genus Schiffornis are no longer considered manakins).
This manakin is a fairly common bird of dry and moist deciduous forests, but not rainforest. It is a small, compact bird about 13 centimetres (5 in) long and similar to the blue-backed manakin, but both sexes have the two central tail feathers elongated to form a spike. Males have black plumage with a blue back, a red crown and orange legs.
Large for a manakin, the long-tailed measures about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 18 g (0.63 oz). [2] The male is mostly a rich black. This is contrasted by a bright red crown and legs. The back is bright blue. The two central tail feathers are narrow and greatly elongated. The female is olive green, paler below and on the chin and throat.