Adult male (Blue-capped) © Phil Kahler eBird S58417246 Macaulay Library ML 174313981
Adult male (Exquisite) © Lisa & Li Li
Female © Silvia Faustino Linhares
Female © Paulo Clemente Guevara
Adult male (Blue-capped) © Ben Lucking
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Adult male (Blue-capped) © Gabriel Leite
Adult male (Exquisite) © Thibaud Aronson
Adult male (Exquisite) © Lisa & Li Li
Adult male (Blue-capped) © Christoph Moning

Blue-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coronata

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Identification

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Chunky little bird found in the understory of lowland forest across much of South America east of the Andes. Male is all black with a blue crown in most areas, but in parts of eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil his body is greener with a yellow belly and dark face. Female is lime green with a yellow belly. She is brighter green than females of most other manakins, but quite similar to several species; can be distinguished from Green Manakin by her short tail, and from females of Opal-crowned Manakin and Snow-capped Manakins by her darker eye. Female is also very similar to females of Blue-rumped Manakin and Cerulean-capped Manakin, but typically found at lower elevations. Usually seen alone in lower to middle levels of the rainforest, but several may congregate at a fruiting tree. Males give froglike “see-pur-wee” calls, and both sexes give well-spaced “sweet” calls. Formerly called Blue-crowned Manakin. Birds found in Central America, western Colombia, and northwestern Ecuador are now considered a separate species, Velvety Manakin.

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