Olive manakin
The olive manakin is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy and systematics
The olive manakin was originally described as Chloropipo uniformis. It was later assigned to genus Xenopipo that Jean Cabanis had erected in 1847. It shares that genus with the black manakin.The olive manakin has two subspecies, the nominate X. u. uniformis and X. u. duidae.
Description
The olive manakin is long and weighs. Unusual for a manakin, the sexes have the same plumage. The species also has longer wings and tail relative to its size than many other manakins. Adults of the nominate subspecies have dark olive upperparts. Their throat and underparts are a slightly paler olive and their belly has a yellowish cast. Subspecies X. u. duidae is slightly smaller and brighter than the nominate. Both subspecies have a dark iris, bill, and legs and feet.Distribution and habitat
The olive manakin has a highly disjunct distribution. The nominate subspecies has the largest contiguous range. It encompasses east-central Bolívar in eastern Venezuela and continues slightly into extreme northern Brazil's Roraima and somewhat further into west-central Guyana. The nominate is also found on tepuis in southern Bolívar. Subspecies X. u. duidae is found in Venezuela on Cerro Duida and Cerro Sipapo, tepuis in Amazonas. There are also a very few scattered records further south and east in Brazil, at least two of which are very distant from the species' core range.The olive manakin inhabits humid and wet mossy forest and stunted woodland, especially areas heavy with Melastomataceae. In elevation it ranges between in Venezuela and up to in Brazil.