Helmeted Manakin

Taxobox
name = Helmeted Manakin


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Pipridae
genus = "Antilophia"
species = "A. galeata"
binomial = "Antilophia galeata"
binomial_authority = (Lichtenstein, 1823)
synonyms = The Helmeted Manakin ("Antilophia galeata") is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, the manakins.It is found in the cerrado and pantanal of Brazil; also northeast Paraguay, and a border region of northeast Bolivia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The Helmeted Manakin is a dimorphic species with the male being a black bird with a red crest; the female is a dull olivish green, with a reduced olive crest.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50170/all Antilophia galeata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=4731 Helmeted Manakin videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=helmeted+manakin&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Helmeted Manakin photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Antilophia+galeata Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/antgal4843.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/helmetedmanakin.html Article and synopsis] arthurgrosset–"South American Birds"
* [http://www.geometer.org/Brazil2006/images/HelmetedManakin.jpgPhoto-High Res-(male)] ; [http://www.geometer.org/Brazil2006/index.html Article] geometer–"Brazil Birds"
* [http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/~kormendy/brazilss/HelmetedManakin-2370ss.jpgPhoto-Medium Res-(Male)] ; [http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/~kormendy/brazilbirds.html Article] chandra.as.utexas.edu—"Birds of Brazil"