Golden-collared Manakin

The golden-collared manakin is about 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 15 to 24 g (0.53 to 0.85 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic and males are larger than females. Adult males of the nominate subspecies M. v. vitellinus have a jet black crown, back, wings, and tail. Their chin, throat, and breast are a deep and glossy golden-yellow that also wraps around the nape to form the eponymous collar. The chin and throat feathers are long and can be projected forward. Their lower breast, flanks, belly, and undertail coverts are olive green with a yellow-olive wash on the belly. Adult females are mostly olive green. Their lower breast and belly have a paler yellow-olive wash and their wings and tail are dusky with olive edges on the feathers. The other subspecies of the golden-collared manakin differ from the nominate and each other thus:

M. v. amitinus: larger than nominate with a longer tail; male's collar is slightly more lemon-yellow; both sexes' green colors are darker with less yellow wash on female M. v. milleri: (male) paler lemon yellow collar and more yellow on the belly than nominate (female) paler green underparts with more yellow on the belly than nominate M. v. …

The subspecies of the golden-collared manakin are found thus:

M. v. vitellinus: Caribbean slope in Panama from Bocas del Toro Province to Colombia and Pacific slope from Veraguas Province to Colombia; in Colombia east into northern Antioquia Department and south to central Chocó Department M. v. amitinus: Isla Escudo de Veraguas off Bocas del Toro Province M. v. milleri: northern Colombia from Antioquia Department east into Córdoba Department M. v. viridiventris: Colombia's Western Andes from Chocó Department south to Cauca and Valle del Cauca departments The golden-collared manakin inhabits evergreen forest and mature secondary forest in the lowlands and foothills of the tropical zone. It tends to shun the deep interior of the forest and is more common along edges, watercourses, and regenerating clearings. In elevation it ranges from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft).

The golden-collared manakin feeds mostly on a wide variety of small fruits that it plucks while perched and with short sallies from a perch. It also takes small numbers of insects. It typically feeds within about 6 m (20 ft) of the ground but will go to the canopy of fruiting trees. It rarely joins mixed-species feeding flocks but will loosely associate with other species in a fruiting tree.