Red-capped Manakin

Ceratopipra mentalis (Sclater, PL, 1857)

Red-capped Manakin, Ceratopipra mentalis, is a passerine of Middle America and South America, breeding from south-east Mexico to western Ecuador. It belongs to the manakin family and is found in humid lowland forest, as well as second-growth woodland. It usually stays below 400–500 m above sea level, though it can occur as high as 900 m. The species was first described in 1857 by Philip Sclater. It is recorded from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Pipridae — Manakins

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: se Mexico to w Ecuador