Orange-crested manakin

Orange-crested manakin
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1881
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae
Genus: Heterocercus
Species: H. aurantiivertex
Binomial name
Heterocercus aurantiivertex
Sclater & Salvin, 1880

The orange-crested manakin (Heterocercus aurantiivertex) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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