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WING-BARRED PIPRITES Piprites chloris
But for his series of off-key whistles, this fat little bird would easily go unnoticed in the midstorey of the humid forest. Though manakin-like in general appearance, he is perhaps more flycatcher-like in behaviour, a mixture of traits that up until recently had taxonomists confused. He is now considered to belong to the newly-defined "Schiffornis Assemblage".
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2132PH) Adult ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2133PH) Adult dorsal, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2134PH) Adult ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2137PH) Adult ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2008).
VIDEO - (FPAVE2135VI) Same individual as (FPAVE2132PH) (Paul Smith September 2007).
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Piprites chloris
1 (FPAVE2136RE) song  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
2 (FPAVE2138RE) song recorded Itabó Itaipú, Departamento Alto Paraná (Myriam Velázquez May 2000).  
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