Red-headed Manakin
Ceratopipra rubrocapilla (Temminck, 1821)
Pipridae — Manakins
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
