Red-capped Manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis)

Other Names (World)
Red-capped Manakin, Yellow-thighed Manakin

Family
Pipridae (Manakins)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1857

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 750 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (94)...)

Red-capped Manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis) [XC76137]
by Mike Nelson from El Chorogo, Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqu\u00ed, Panama (call)

Red-capped Manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis) [XC293425]
by Paul Driver from Mutat\u00e1, Antioquia, Honduras (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala) and Red-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra rubrocapilla).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

mentalis Sclater, 1857 - From south-eastern Mexico (southern Veracruz) south, on Caribbean slope, to eastern Costa Rica.
ignifera (Bangs, 1901) - Panama, mainly on Caribbean side.
minor (Hartert, 1898) - Western Colombia and western Ecuador.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-capped Manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis) - 10 files

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