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Male bird above and female below.
Photo taken: Mishana Reserve near Iquitos, Peru.
Male bird above and female below.
Photo taken: Mishana Reserve near Iquitos, Peru.
- Dixiphia pipra
Identification
Length 10cm. Male is mostly black with white crown which can be erected as a low crest, stout hooked bill, dark legs, red eyes. The female and young males are olive-green with grey head and throat, grey-green or olive underparts.
Distribution
Costa Rica to northeastern Peru, Venezuela, the Guianas and eastern Brazil. There is a gap in the distribution between western Panama and Colombia.
Taxonomy
Thirteen subspecies are recognized[1].
It was formerly placed in the genus Pipra. IOC now places this species in its own genus Pseudopipra.
Habitat
Understory of wet forest.
Behaviour
It feeds low in the trees on fruit and some insects, both plucked from the foliage in flight.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) White-crowned Manakin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/White-crowned_Manakin
