Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Melissa McMasters, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala), photo 6 — Photo: (c) wang cai, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala), photo 8 — Photo: (c) agujaceratops, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Golden-headed Manakin sounds like

Sonogram of the Golden-headed Manakin: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls at lek · Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Nv · Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Like other manakins, the golden-headed manakin is a compact, brightly coloured forest bird, typically 3.7 in (9.4 cm) long and weighing 0.44 oz (12.5 g). The adult male is black apart from a golden cap, white and red thighs, pink legs and a yellowish bill. The female and young males are olive-green and resemble female white-bearded manakins, but are smaller, shorter-tailed and have pinkish (not bright orange) legs. Apart from the buzzing display song (see below), the golden-headed manakin has a number of other calls, including a buzzing pir pir prrrrrt.

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When to see the Golden-headed Manakin

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-headed Manakin

Regular range

The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Trinidad & Tobago Ecuador Panama Peru Venezuela Brazil Guyana French Guiana Suriname

About the Golden-headed Manakin

The golden-headed manakin is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America in both wet and dry forests, secondary growth and plantations. It is a small manakin, about 9.4 centimetres (3.7 in) long. Males are entirely black apart from a golden head, yellow bill, white and red thighs and pink legs. Females and juveniles are olive-green with pink legs. At breeding time, males are involved in a cooperative lekking behaviour during which they jump, slide and dart from perch to perch. This is a fairly common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

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Easily confused with

Red-headed ManakinCeratopipra rubrocapillaThe red-headed manakin is 10 to 10.5 cm (3.9 to 4.1 in) long and weighs about 11 to 17 g (0.39 to 0.60 oz).

Round-tailed ManakinCeratopipra chloromerosThe round-tailed manakin is 10.5 to 11 cm (4.1 to 4.3 in) long and weighs about 16.5 g (0.58 oz).

Scarlet-horned ManakinCeratopipra cornutaThe scarlet-horned manakin is about 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long; four adult males weighed an average of 23.5 g (0.83 oz).

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