Helmeted Manakin

Chiroxiphia galeata (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)

Pipridae — Manakins

Helmeted Manakin, Chiroxiphia galeata, is a passerine of the manakin family found in South America from eastern Bolivia to central Brazil, eastern Paraguay and south-eastern Brazil. It lives in the seasonally dry Cerrado rather than the rainforest habitats typical of most manakins, and is also found in gallery forest near water. The species was first described in 1823 by Lichtenstein. Males and females both have a crest on the crown, while males are glossy black with a red crest extending over the mantle, nape and crown.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae — Manakins
Breeding range: South America: e Bolivia to c Brazil and s to e Paraguay and se Brazil

Tours where you can spot this bird

2 tours in Brazil

Nine-day Minas Gerais Cerrado and Forest Birding

Brazil / Belo Horizonte Custom tour 9 days

Travel from Belo Horizonte to Canastra, Serra do Cipó and Caraça on a nine-day birding circuit, searching Cerrado rivers, upland grassland...

Private Pantanal and Chapada dos Guimaraes Birdwatching Tour

Brazil / Cuiaba Private tour

A private, customized birdwatching experience combining the wetlands and woodlands of the Northern Pantanal with Cerrado and forest habitats...