Flame-crowned Manakin (Heterocercus linteatus)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Pipridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

flame-crowned_manakin
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

flame-crowned_manakin
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil


Identification & Behavior: ~14 cm (5.5 in). The male Flame-crowned Manakin has dusky-gray upperparts with a prominent red crown. The throat is white. The underparts are rufous. The female is a dull version of the male without red on the crown. It forages in the mid and understory of forests in Amazonia. The very similar Orange-crowned Manakin is found mostly on the north side of the Amazon and lower Marañon Rivers.

Status: The Flame-crowned Manakin is known in Peru from only a handful of sight records from extreme Southeast Peru. It also occurs in Br and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Saltarín Corona de Fuego.

Sub-species: Flame-crowned Manakin (Heterocercus linteatus), (Strickland), 1850.

Meaning of Name: Heterocercus: Gr. heteros= different and kerkos= tail. linteatus: L. linteum= linen, cloth linteatus= clothed in linen linon= flax, thread.

See more of the Family Pipridae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • 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.