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What the Orange-crested Manakin sounds like
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The orange-crested manakin is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 21 to 22 g (0.74 to 0.78 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a mostly grayish olive head with an often hidden orange stripe on the crown and a grayish white throat. The throat feathers are long and silky. Their upperparts and flanks are dull olive. Their underparts are dull cinnamon-buff. Adult females have no orange on their crown. They are otherwise similar to males but their plumage is overall duller with paler underparts.
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When to see the Orange-crested Manakin
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Orange-crested Manakin
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.
About the Orange-crested Manakin
The orange-crested manakin, or orange-crowned manakin, is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Colombia.
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