- Fiery-capped Manakin
Taxobox
name = Fiery-capped Manakin
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Pipridae
genus = "Machaeropterus "
species = "M. pyrocephalus"
binomial = "Machaeropterus pyrocephalus"
binomial_authority = (Sclater, 1852)
synonyms = The Fiery-capped Manakin ("Machaeropterus pyrocephalus") is a species ofbird in thePipridae family, themanakin s. It is one of three species in the genusMachaeropterus .Overview
It is found in the southern Amazon Basin of
Brazil , southeastPeru , and northernBolivia ; alsoVenezuela .Its naturalhabitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s.The species is named for its brite-yellow head feathers.
Tapajós River range, and Peru-Bolivia
The Fiery-capped Manakin's range occurs in the south-central
Amazon Basin , then spreads east-west, and is mostly associated with River drainages. The range, shaped like an inverted "Y" starts at theAmazon River outlet in southernAmapá state andPará . At theTapajós -Amazon River confluence, the range goes south, upstream on the Tapajós and forks east-west. The eastern range extends to the upstream third of theXingu River , then further east to the upstream half of the Araguaia in the Araguaia-Tocantins River system. The range narrows eastward another 600 km at the very headwaters of the adjacent Tocantins River.The westward extension of the range covers northern Amazonian Bolivia, the tributary headwaters to the northeast-flowing
Madeira River ; the range continues through southeast and central Amazonian Peru beyond the north-flowing Amazon River tributary, theUcayali River .Two small disjunct populations of the Fiery-capped Manakin occur; one in northeast
Roraima state on the south-flowingBranco River ; the other further northwest on the lower reaches of the Caribbean-flowingOrinoco River in east-central Venezuela, 500 km upstream.References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50185/all Machaeropterus pyrocephalus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
External links
* [http://www.pbase.com/hophopkins/ecuador_birds&page=5 Fiery-capped Manakin photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Machaeropterus+pyrocephalus Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.fotonatura.org/galerias/fotos/166400/ Photo-Extreme High Res(Close-up)] ; [http://www.fotonatura.org/galerias/3385/ Article] fotonatura.org–("Galeria-Personal"-Quispe) [http://www.fotonatura.org/galerias/fotos/usr3187/11827880tY_th.jpgThumb-Photo]
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