The Striolated Manakin Is The Roundest And The Sweetest Bird That You Will Ever Meet (10 Photos)

Sometimes, there's a little confusion when categorizing the animals in relation to their ages and the changes that take place in their bodies while growing old. For example, just think of a Striolated Manakin (Machaeropterus striolatus) that will make us confused when it starts developing. So, at which age does the orb-like appearance of a bird merit a change in its name?

Long considered the same species as Kinglet Manakin (Machaeropterus regulus), these two species' respective ranges are far removed, with Striolated Manakin being confined to western and northern South America, from northern Peru and western Brazil, through eastern Ecuador and Colombia, north to western Venezuela and east to the Tepui region of southern Venezuela, with a single, 19th-century specimen, record in western Guyana.