Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species has a large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Population justification
The population size of Machaeropterus eckelberryi has not yet been estimated but is assumed to considerably exceed 1000 mature individuals (Lane et al. 2017) and is here placed in the band 20,000-49,999 mature individuals.
Trend justification
The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats (Lane et al. 2017).
The Painted Manakin is restricted to a small area in the foothills of the Andes in northern San Martín and southwestern Loreto in northern Peru, including the Cordillera Azul National Park (Lane et al. 2017). It is assumed that its range spans the ridges of the eastern flanks of the Cordillera Azul, Cordillera Escalera and the Mayo Valley at altitudes between c. 400 and 1,400 m (Lane et al. 2017).
The Painted Manakin inhabits humid woodlands, particularly on ridges, up to 20 m canopy height on poor, sandy soils between the altitudes of 400 - 1400 m (Lane et al. 2017). It is frequently found near Melastomaceae trees, where it feeds on berries in the mid-story and canopy layer (Lane et al. 2017).
There are no known substantial threats currently posed to the Painted Manakin. Whilst there is minor logging activity occurring throughout small parts of its range, its preferred poor-soil woodland habitat is not suitable for agriculture and therefore not subject to the heavy logging that is currently ongoing in surrounding regions, although this threat has the potential to grow in the future (Lane et al. 2017, Moncrieff et al. 2018). Furthermore, large parts of the range are protected in the Cordillera Azul National Park. Overall, the Painted Manakin seems to be under much lower threat than other endemic species of the north-central Peruvian Andes (Lane et al. 2017, Moncrieff et al. 2018).
Conservation Actions Underway
It occurs in the Cordillera Azul National Park.
A small manakin with a red crown, olive upperparts, greyish face, white throat with white and chestnut streaking below, Bold yellow chest patch with greenish-olive upperparts. Females are very similar to males (Lane et al. 2017).
Text account compilers
Everest, J., Hermes, C.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Painted Manakin Machaeropterus eckelberryi. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/painted-manakin-machaeropterus-eckelberryi on 25/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 25/11/2024.