The Green Manakin is a species of bird

Bird

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 in the Pipridae family. It occurs in humid forest in lowlands and foothills. The distribution is disjunct

Disjunct distribution

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, with one population in the western Amazon Basin

Amazon Basin

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 and adjacent east Andean foothills in south-eastern Colombia

Colombia

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, eastern Ecuador

Ecuador

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 and eastern Peru

Peru

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, and another population in the humid Chocó in eastern Panama

Panama

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, western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. It has been suggested that the latter population may be a separate species, the Lita Manakin (Xenopipo litae). As suggested by its common name

Common name

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 both the male and the female of the Green Manakin are overall green. It remains fairly common locally (but is easily overlooked), and is consequently considered to be of least concern

Least Concern

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 by BirdLife International

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 and IUCN.