Striolated Manakin

Striolated Manakin

Machaeropterus striolatus

Silhouette: Edwin Price · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Cali

In 3 days ~10%

38 Verified sightings at Cali
484 In all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Striolated Manakin

The striolated manakin or western striped manakin (Machaeropterus striolatus) is a small South American species of passerine bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.

The striolated manakin was originally described by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1838 and given the binomial name Pipra striolata. The species is now placed in the genus Machaeropterus that was introduced by Bonaparte in 1854.

The striolated manakin has five subspecies. They were long treated as subspecies of M. regulus with the English name "striped manakin". Following several studies published beginning in 1999, taxonomic systems began separating M. striolatus from M. regulus with the respective English names "western" and "eastern" striped manakin. By 2018 systems were using the current English names "striolated" and "kinglet" manakin for the two.

The five subspecies are: The morphologically similar painted manakin from... Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Ecuador · 1994

© John V. Moore · XC259112 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:40

Venezuela · 2010

© Alexandre Renaudier · XC66415 · CC BY-NC-ND 2.5

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Colombia · 2008

© Pablo Florez · XC77218 · CC BY-NC-ND 2.5

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
2 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
3 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
4 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
5 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cali 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Striolated Manakin in Cali?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Striolated Manakin sighting in Cali on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 127th most-seen of the 226 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Striolated Manakin in Cali?

September and November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striolated Manakin in Cali on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–August, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Striolated Manakin?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striolated Manakin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Striolated Manakin?

Only Cali, in our data

Cali is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Striolated Manakin sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Striolated Manakin sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Striolated Manakin is recorded against all the birds logged in Cali (38 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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