Yellow-headed manakin

Yellow-headed manakin
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae
Genus: Chloropipo
Species: C. flavicapilla
Binomial name
Chloropipo flavicapilla
(Sclater, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Heteropelma flavicapillum
  • Xenopipo flavicapilla (Sclater, 1852)

The yellow-headed manakin (Chloropipo flavicapilla) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.

It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2015). "Chloropipo flavicapilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 January 2016.


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