Passeriformes / Pipridae / Chiroxiphia

Blue-backed Manakin

Chiroxiphia pareola

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Tommy Andriollo · CC_BY_4_0

Vincent (Mia Edie) Verheyen · CC_BY_4_0

Chiroxiphia pareola atlantica

Tobago
Chiroxiphia pareola napensis

tropical southeastern Colombia (east of the Andes) to eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru
Chiroxiphia pareola pareola

eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern and eastern Amazonian Brazil (Roraima, Óbidos, and right bank of Rio Tapajós eastward to Maranhão and southward to Mato Grosso and southeastern Pará)
Chiroxiphia pareola regina

tropical northeastern Peru (south of the Amazon River) and western Amazonian Brazil mostly south of the Amazon River (eastward to lower Rio Tapajós; recorded also north of the Amazon River at two sites west of Rio Negro)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.