Crimson-hooded Manakin - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by megan perkins
Cano Colorado, Venezuela, November 2008

Pipra aureola

Identification

Male

• Crimson hood and upper breast
• Mainly black elsewhere
• Some yellow on the face and throat varies according to the subspecies
• White iris

Female

• Olive green plumage

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• P. a. aureola:

• Tropical north-eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and north-eastern Brazil

• P. a. aurantiicollis:

• Brazil on River Tapaj¢s in western Par  and adjacent northern bank of River Amazon

• P. a. flavicollis:

• Lower Amazonian Brazil in eastern Amazonas and western Par 

• P. a. borbae:

• Brazil along lower and middle River Madeira in eastern Amazonas

Habitat

Swamps, waterways and mangroves.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Crimson-hooded Manakin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Crimson-hooded_Manakin

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