- Yellow-crested Manakin
Taxobox
name = Yellow-crested Manakin
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Pipridae
genus = "Heterocercus "
species = "H. flavivertex"
binomial = "Heterocercus flavivertex"
binomial_authority = Pelzeln, 1868
synonyms = The Yellow-crested Manakin ("Heterocercus flavivertex"), also called Yellow-crowned Manakin, is a species ofbird in thePipridae family, theManakin s.It is found in the Amazon Basin ofBrazil andColombia ; also the Orinoco River and southernVenezuela .Its naturalhabitat s are subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s and subtropical or tropical dryshrubland .Amazon's Rio Negro range
The Yellow-crested Manakin's range is in a section of the northwestern
Amazon Basin , (Amazonas state), and mostly the Rio Negro drainage and the adjacent northwest headwaters to the Caribbean-flowingOrinoco River of Venezuela. Its southern range limit is mostly the Rio Negro southern side, to its Amazonian headwaters in eastern Colombia.Downriver it is found on the final 200km of the south flowing
Branco River ofRoraima state; itscontiguous section of range extends eastward, only north of and abutting theAmazon River toAmapá state's Trombetas River, the final third. It is not found downriver eastwards beyond the Trombetas–Amazon River confluence.ource
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50193/all Heterocercus flavivertex] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
External links
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=4738 Yellow-crested Manakin videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=yellow-crowned+manakin&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 "Yellow-crowned Manakin" photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Heterocercus+flavivertex Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.sunbirdtours.co.uk/images/yellow-crestedmanakin.jpgPhoto-Medium Res] ; [http://www.sunbirdtours.co.uk/vensouthern.htm Article] sunbirdtours
* [http://www.conservation.org.pe/images/photos/noticias/notas_010704_photo4.jpgPhoto-Medium Res] ; [http://colombiacuriosa.blogspot.com/2006/04/aves-saltarines.html Article] conservation.org.pe–Colombia Curiosa
* [http://www.eln.gov.br/Pass500/BIRDS/1birds/p368.htm Graphic-High Res & Synopsis--"Heterocercus flavivertex"] ; [http://www.eln.gov.br/Pass500/BIRDS/1birds/f56.htm Article] www.eln.gov.br
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