Birds of Brazil - Lepidothrix


Blue-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata carbonata) Male Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata carbonata) Female Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Formerly called the Blue-crowned Manakin. The Amazon subspecies were split from the Pacific subspecies (now called Velvety Manakin), and is generally common but rarely photographed.


Opal-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix iris) Male Vulnerable ENDEMIC Carajas National Forest, Pará, Brazil
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Female similar but without opal crown.


Snow-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix nattereri) Male Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


White-fronted Manakin (Lepidothrix serena) Male Brazil
Photograph by Philip Stouffer © All Rights Reserved.


White-fronted Manakin (Lepidothrix serena) Female Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-bellied Manakin (Lepidothrix suavissima) Female Mount Ayanganna, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana
Photograph by Jacob_R_Saucier © All Rights Reserved.

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Golden-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix vilasboasi) ENDEMIC

Perhaps the species started as a hybrid between the Opal-crowned Manakin and the Snow-capped Manakin, and later evolved a golden crown. Rare and local and once believed to be extinct.