Orange-crowned Manakin - BirdForum Opus

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Allpahuayo - Mishana Reserve near Iquitos, Peru

Alternative name: Orange-crested Manakin

Heterocercus aurantiivertex

Identification

Both sexes have brown back, buffy underside, white throat, side of head gray, and male has orange crown/crest.

Distribution

Ecuador and Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Vegetation: flooded tropical evergreen forest, tropical lowland evergreen forest, white sand forests • Zoogeographic Region: Rio Negro West • Foraging Strata: Understory/undergrowth • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics.

Behaviour

They feed mainly on small fruits, plucked in flight, and insects.

References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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