Golden-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix vilasboasi)
About the Golden-crowned Manakin
The golden-crowned manakin (Lepidothrix vilasboasi) is a small species of perching bird in the manakin family (Pipridae) endemic to Brazil. It is believed that the species originated as a natural hybrid of the opal-crowned and snow-crapped manakin. Helmut Sick described this species in 1959 based on a series of specimens collected a few years before near a small tributary of the upper Rio Cururu-ri in the east Brazilian Amazon. The species was only rediscovered (in part due to confusion over the original type locality) in 2002 and is now known from a number of locations in an area bordered by the Jamanxim and Cururu rivers and the Cachimbo Range. There was also concern that it was not a full species but rather a hybrid between the opal-crowned manakin (L. iris) and snow-capped manakin (L. nattereri).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 9 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-ND · 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Blue-crowned ManakinLepidothrix coronatarecording
- Blue-rumped ManakinLepidothrix isidoreirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.