Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pipridae
Genus
Masius
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus

Liam Taylor, Nicholas Oakley, and David McDonald
Version: 1.0 — Published December 20, 2018

Breeding

Introduction

Precise details about breeding phenology are unavailable. At Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador, copulations begin in October and increases towards December (Nicholas Oakley and Liam Taylor, personal observations).

The nest usually is built ca 2 m above ground, near a stream. The nest is a small cup suspended in forked branches and is composed of dark fibers, spiderwebs, and thin strands of moss that trail downwards (Hilty and Brown 1986, Greeney and Gelis 2007, Solano-Ugalde et al. 2007). The female incubates the two egg clutch. Egg color varies from olive tan with dark brown blotching in eastern Ecuador to pale salmon with redder blotching in western Ecuador (Greeney and Gelis 2007, Solano-Ugalde et al. 2007). A nest being built by a color-banded female at Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador was much higher above the ground (10-15 m; Nicholas Oakley, personal observations).

Egg measurements (from Greeney and Gelis 2007; n = 5):

20.8 ± 0.8 mm by 14.5 ± 0.4 mm

Nest measurements (from Biancucci and Martin 2010; n = 12):

Inner diameter = 5.40 cm

Outer diameter = 6.90 cm

Inner height = 3.20 cm

Outer height = 4.24 cm

Recommended Citation

Taylor, L., N. Oakley, and D. McDonald (2018). Golden-winged Manakin (Masius chrysopterus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.gowman1.01
Birds of the World

Partnerships

A global alliance of nature organizations working to document the natural history of all bird species at an unprecedented scale.