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Orange-crested Manakin
Heterocercus aurantiivertex Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880
Pipridae — Manakins
Orange-crested Manakin, Heterocercus aurantiivertex, is a passerine of the manakin family that breeds in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru. It was described by Sclater and Salvin in 1880. Its range centres on humid várzea forest and woodland, especially beside blackwater rivers, and it is found up to about 300 m. The species is mainly resident throughout the year. It is distinguished by the orange mark on the crown of adult males, while females lack this feature and are duller overall.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pipridae — Manakins
- Breeding range
- South America: e Ecuador and n Peru
