Order: Passeriformes | Family: Pipridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. Loreto, Peru
Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. Cordillera Escalera, San Martin
Age: Adult \ Sex: Females | Loc. Cordillera Escalera, San Martin
Age: Adult \ Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Status: The Blue-crowned Manakin is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1400 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Saltarín de Corona Azul.
Sub-species: Blue-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata carbonata), (Todd), 1925. SC & SE Colombia, S Venezuela, and NE Peru and NW Brazil N of Amazon.
(Lepidothrix coronata coronata), (Spix), 1825. E Ecuador, and NE Peru and adjacent extreme W Brazil S of Amazon.
(Lepidothrix coronata exquisita), (Hellmay), 1905. C Peru E of Andes.
(Lepidothrix coronata caelestipileata), (Goeldi), 1905. SE Peru and adjacent W Brazil.
Meaning of Name: Lepidothrix: Gr. lepis, lepidos= scale, flake and thrix, trikhos= hair. coronata: L. corona= crown, coronatus, crowned= coronare to crown.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.