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Cerulean-capped Manakin

Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicFruitForestCup nestTiny · 10 g
Cerulean-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla), photo 1
Photo: Floro Ortiz Contreras · CC BY 4.0
Cerulean-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla), photo 2
Photo: Floro Ortiz Contreras · CC BY 4.0
Cerulean-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla), photo 3
Photo: (c) Floro Ortiz Contreras, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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The cerulean-capped manakin is 8.5 to 9 cm (3.3 to 3.5 in) long and weighs about 9 g (0.32 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a bright blue crown and upper nape and a deeper blue rump and uppertail coverts. The rest of their plumage is black. Adult females have green upperparts whose color is brightest on the rump. Their tail is dusky green. They have a mostly pale grayish face and throat. Their breast is a duller green than their back and their belly is yellowish gray. Voice: The cerulean-capped manakin's song is "a burry, frog-like djew-HAI" and its call "a rising, mewed whistle: weeee?".

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When to see the Cerulean-capped Manakin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cerulean-capped Manakin

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru

About the Cerulean-capped Manakin

The cerulean-capped manakin is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is endemic to Peru.

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Easily confused with

Orange-bellied ManakinLepidothrix suavissimaThe orange-bellied manakin is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long; one male weighed 8.5 g (0.30 oz). Opal-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix iris) Opal-crowned ManakinLepidothrix irisThe opal-crowned manakin is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long and weighs 7.8 to 9.5 g (0.28 to 0.34 oz). Golden-crowned ManakinLepidothrix vilasboasiThe golden-crowned manakin is about 8.5 to 9 cm (3.3 to 3.5 in) long.

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