Alternative name: Yellow-crested Manakin
- Heterocercus flavivertex
Identification
14 cm (5½ in)
- Long narrow bill
- White silky throat feathers
- Graduated tail; outer Rectrices longest
Distribution
South America: found from eastern Colombia to south-western Venezuela and northern Amazonian Brazil
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1], which in the past was thought to include Orange-crowned Manakin and Flame-crowned Manakin2.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and dry shrubland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of small fruits and insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-crowned Manakin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-crowned_Manakin
