Manacus candei
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The white-collared manakin (Manacus candei) is a passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica and the extreme west of Panama. It typically inhabits thickets at the edges of moist forest, tall secondary growth and old cacao plantations. It is a small, plump bird about 11 centimetres (4.3 in) long. Males have a black crown, mid-back band, wings and tail, an olive-green rump and yellow belly. Females and juveniles are olive-green with yellow bellies and resemble female orange-collared manakins. At breeding time, males are involved in lekking behaviour on the forest floor during which they puff out their neck feathers. This is a fairly common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".
The bird is named after Admiral Antoine Marie Ferdinand de Maussion de Candé, an explorer of South America. It occurs in the lowlands and foothills of the Caribbean slope up to 700 m, being replaced on the Pacific slopes of Costa Rica and Panama by the closely related orange-collared (M. aurantiacus... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 10 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 13 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 15 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 17 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 18 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-collared Manakin sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 79 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 125th most-seen of the 263 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-collared Manakin in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against about 10% in April and June–February, the lowest months. Those are among Lago de Yojoa's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 320 mm in September.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-collared 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.
14th of 19
Of the 19 parks where we can rate White-collared Manakin sightings, Lago de Yojoa ranks 14th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 60%), Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 50%) and Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-collared Manakin that you can see in Lago de Yojoa (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Montezuma Oropendola (about 80%), Great-tailed Grackle (about 70%) and Melodious Blackbird (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-collared Manakin is recorded against all the birds logged in Lago de Yojoa (79 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
