Yellow-crested manakin
| Yellow-crested manakin | |
|---|---|
| at Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas state, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pipridae |
| Genus: | Heterocercus |
| Species: | H. flavivertex |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterocercus flavivertex Pelzeln, 1868 | |
The yellow-crested manakin (Heterocercus flavivertex), also called the yellow-crowned manakin, is a species of bird in the family Pipridae, the manakins.
It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil and Colombia; also the Orinoco River and southern Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.