General Information
The White-bearded Manakin is a small passerine bird.

Physical Description
White-bearded Manakins are small, brightly colored forest birds that are typically 10.7 cm long and weigh 16.5 g. The adult male has a black crown, upper back wings and tail, and the plumage is white beyond that. The female and young males are olive-green and resemble female Golden-headed Manakins, but they all have orange legs.

Diet
These White- bearded Manakin forages on fruit and some insects.

Habitat
They are common in forestry, second growth, and plantations. The White-bearded Manakin is distributed throughout most of the Amazon Basin and the Guianas with distinct populations on the Pacific coast of Ecuador and in eastern and South-eastern Brazil. 

Reproduction
The Manakin builds shallow cup nests that they prefer to be rather low in the trees. The male White-bearded Manakin shows a fascinating breeding display at the communal lek. Each male clears a patch of forest floor to bare earth, and perches on a bare stick. The display consists of rapid leaps accompanied by a loud wing snap, the whirring of the wings, and a chee-poo call. Groups of up to 70 birds may perform together, and the largest leks occur in Trinidad. The Manakin builds shallow cup nests that they prefer to be rather low in the trees. The female produces two brownish-white eggs and incubates for about 18-19 days. The young fledge 13-15 days after. The young are fed mainly on regurgitated fruit and insects.