Red-headed Manakin

Ceratopipra rubrocapilla (Temminck, 1821)

Red-headed Manakin, Ceratopipra rubrocapilla, is a passerine bird of the family Pipridae that breeds in South America, in southern Amazonia and south-eastern Brazil. It occurs in humid forest and secondary woodland, with one large range across Peru, northern Bolivia and the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and a smaller strip along the Brazilian coast. Adult males have a red head and neck, red thighs and black plumage elsewhere, while females are mostly dull olive-green. The species was first described by Temminck in 1821.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Pipridae — Manakins

Breeding range

South America: s Amazonia and se Brazil