14 cm. Bill longer than that of /Neopelma aurifrons . Sexes alike. Iris pale grayish-pink. Olive-green above with a large semi-concealed coronal patch bright yellow bordered with dusky. Throat white with gray indistinct flammulation. Breast washed with olive-gray, belly white.
The raucous call resembles that of the Squirrel Cuckoo "he-gheh-gheh" ^30 or "wraah, wra-wra" ^44 .
Occurs within dense tangles in the lower stratum of trees. When single males display, they jump up vertically, display crown and beat wings making a "dop-dop" noise like a small woodpecker ^30 , then return to perch and utter their rough call.
Uncommon and local in dense viny tangles of gallery and dry forest and borders.
Extralimital. Inland in northern Estado S<C4>o Paulo Lins etc., ^40 and Minas Gerais Parco Nacional de Cara<C8>a, ^15 . May occur closer to the coast in suitable habitat.
11994 Call. Coxipo do Ouro, Near Cuiaba, Mato Grosso do Sul. Cerrada<D6> on sandy soil. Sunny, 09<10>99. Recording by Paulo Boute.:
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Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved
Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic
Structured account sections
Description
14 cm. Bill longer than that of /Neopelma aurifrons . Sexes alike. Iris pale grayish-pink. Olive-green above with a large semi-concealed coronal patch bright yellow bordered with dusky. Throat white with gray indistinct flammulation. Breast washed with olive-gray, belly white.
Voice
The raucous call resembles that of the Squirrel Cuckoo "he-gheh-gheh" ^30 or "wraah, wra-wra" ^44 .
Habitat and status
Occurs within dense tangles in the lower stratum of trees. When single males display, they jump up vertically, display crown and beat wings making a "dop-dop" noise like a small woodpecker ^30 , then return to perch and utter their rough call.
Distribution
Uncommon and local in dense viny tangles of gallery and dry forest and borders.
Additional notes
Extralimital. Inland in northern Estado S<C4>o Paulo Lins etc., ^40 and Minas Gerais Parco Nacional de Cara<C8>a, ^15 . May occur closer to the coast in suitable habitat.
Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative
Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical
Release history
This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.
Disc 3in this release's bird list(aux_nonzero)
Disc 2in this release's bird list(aux_nonzero)
Disc 1 (2011)in this release's bird list(aux_nonzero)
The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision
The 2011 Disc 1 revision carries this account text unchanged from the Disc 3 release.
Historical taxonomy
WORLD
neopelma pallescens
Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin
Pipridae
Manakins
CLEMENTS
neopelma pallescens
Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin
Pipridae
Manakins
AOU_HM
neopelma pallescens
Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin
Pipridae
Manakins
Recordings
11994.wav
11994 Call. Coxipo do Ouro, Near Cuiaba, Mato Grosso do Sul. Cerrada<D6> on sandy soil. Sunny, 09<10>99. Recording by Paulo Boute.
