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Orange-crested Manakin (Heterocercus aurantiivertex)

Orange-crested Manakin
Photo: Hector Bottai via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Orange-crested Manakin

The orange-crested manakin, or orange-crowned manakin, (Heterocercus aurantiivertex) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Colombia. The orange-crested manakin is monotypic. It shares genus Heterocercus with the flame-crested manakin (H. linteatus) and the yellow-crested manakin (H. flavivertex). The three form a superspecies.

Source: Orange-crested manakin on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

A real field recording of the Orange-crested Manakin. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.

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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.

Song (0:20) via xeno-canto.org/250988, licensed CC BY-SA — free for commercial use.

1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru · xeno-canto lists 36 recordings for this species in total.

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