Red-headed Manakin - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Rafael Fortes
Location: Linhares-ES , Brazil

Ceratopipra rubrocapilla

Dixiphia rubrocapilla

Identification

The male has a red head, dull pink legs, red thighs, square tail and brown iris. The female is olive above and slightly paler below with a darker brown iris.

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.^[1]

Formerly placed in genus Pipra.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

References

1. 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/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-headed Manakin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-headed_Manakin

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