Order: Passeriformes | Family: Pipridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Sucumbios, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Sucumbios, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Sucumbios, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
Status: The Orange-crowned Manakin is uncommon mostly on the north side of the Amazon River, but also in a few locations on the south side of the Amazon River. It also occurs in Ec and Br.
Name in Spanish: Saltarín de Corona Naranja.
Sub-species: Orange-crowned Manakin (Heterocercus aurantiivertex), P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1880.
Meaning of Name: Heterocercus: Gr. heteros= different and kerkos= tail. aurantiivertex: L. aurantius= orange-coloured, aurantia orange and vertex, verticis= crown of the head.

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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.