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Sapayoa

Sapayoa aenigma E. J. O. Hartert, 1903

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma) is a species in the family Sapayoidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 20.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma)
Photo: Jan Axel · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the sapayoa

Weight
20.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sapayoa live?

Not recorded

What is the sapayoa?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The sapayoa or broad-billed sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma) is a suboscine passerine bird found Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

From the Wikipedia article “Sapayoa” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sapayoa&oldid=1383760099), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the sapayoa sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the sapayoa endangered?

The sapayoa is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the sapayoa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySapayoidae
  6. genusSapayoa
  7. SpeciesSapayoa aenigma E. J. O. Hartert, 1903
Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • Broad-billed manakinEnglish
  • Broad-billed sapayoaEnglish
  • Broad-billed sapayoaEnglish
  • سابايوا ذو المنقار العريضArabic
  • pipulkovec širokozobýCzech
  • manacin llydanbigWelsh
  • GrünbreitrachenGerman
  • BreitschnabelpipraGerman
  • TyrannenbreitrachenGerman
  • larĝbeka sapajooEsperanto
  • saltarín piquigruesoSpanish
  • leveänokkatanssijaFinnish
  • Sapayoa à bec largeFrench
  • američka krupnokljunkaCroatian
  • szélescsőrű szapajoaHungarian
  • Manachino beccolargoItalian
  • ヒロハシマイコドリJapanese
  • plačiasnapis manakinasLithuanian
  • BreedbekmanakinDutch
  • oliwczykPolish
  • sapaioaPortuguese
  • СапайяRussian
  • Ширококлювый манакинRussian
  • sapaja širokozobáSlovak
  • SapajoaSerbian
  • сапаяUkrainian
  • 阔嘴霸鹟Chinese
  • 侏儒闊嘴鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the sapayoa

Other species in the same order Passeriformes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the sapayoa?

An adult sapayoa weighs 20.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sapayoa endangered?

The sapayoa is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the sapayoa?

The sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma) belongs to the family Sapayoidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sapayoa

MLA

“Sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sapayoa.

BibTeX
@misc{sapayoa_2026,
  title = {Sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sapayoa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}