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title: "Swallow-tailed Manakin"
description: "Chiroxiphia caudata — Birds. The blue manakin or swallow-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) is a small species of bird in the family Pipridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/swallow-tailed-manakin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Swallow-tailed Manakin

> Chiroxiphia caudata — Birds. The blue manakin or swallow-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) is a small species of bird in the family Pipridae.

- Scientific name: *Chiroxiphia caudata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 2385
- Wikidata: [Q882444](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882444)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14306](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14306)

## Names

- en: Swallow-tailed Manakin
- de: Blaubrustpipra
- es: Bailarín azul
- fr: Manakin à longue queue
- nl: Zwaluwstaartmanakin
- pt: Tangará
- pl: Modrogrzbiecik tęposterny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2044), AR (191), PY (21)

## Summary

The blue manakin or swallow-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) is a small species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found mainly in the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. Its typical habitat is wet lowland or montane forest and heavily degraded former forest. Males have a bright blue body, black head wings and tail and a red crown. Females and juveniles are olive-green. At breeding time, males are involved in lekking behaviour when they sing and dance to impress females. This is a common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_manakin

## Photo

![Swallow-tailed Manakin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/swallow-tailed-manakin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193337179

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/swallow-tailed-manakin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).