Heterocercus

Heterocercus is a genus of bird in the family Pipridae. Established by Philip Lutley Sclater in 1862, it contains the following species:^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Heterocercus aurantiivertex	Orange-crested manakin	Ecuador and Peru
	Heterocercus flavivertex	Yellow-crested manakin	Northern Amazonia
	Heterocercus linteatus	Flame-crested manakin	Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru

Heterocercus
Orange-crested manakin (Heterocercus aurantiivertex)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pipridae
Genus:	Heterocercus P.L. Sclater, 1862[1]
Type species
Elaenia linteata Strickland, 1850

The name Heterocercus is a combination of the Greek words heteros, meaning "different" and kerkos, meaning "tail".^[3]