Birds of the World - Lepidothrix

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Cerulean-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla) Range: SA: Peru


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


Blue-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata carbonata) Female Range: SA: w Amazonia 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 Range: SA: se Amazonia Carajas National Forest, Pará, Brazil
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Female similar but without opal crown.


Blue-rumped Manakin (Lepidothrix isidorei) Male Range: SA: Colombia to Peru Campucana, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-rumped Manakin (Lepidothrix isidorei leucopygia) Female Range: SA: Colombia to Peru Plataforma, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

Usually found in groups that can stay in the same place for years.


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


White-fronted Manakin (Lepidothrix serena) Male Range: SA: ne Amazonia Brazil
Photograph by Philip Stouffer © All Rights Reserved.


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


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


Velvety Manakin (Lepidothrix velutina minuscula) Male Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to nw Ecuador Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Velvety Manakin (Lepidothrix velutina minuscula) Female Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to nw Ecuador Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Formerly called the Blue-crowned Manakin. The Pacific and Central American subspecies were split from the Amazon subspecies (now called Blue-capped Manakin)

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Golden-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix vilasboasi) Range: SA: c Brazil

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.