Orange-crested manakin

The orange-crested manakin (Heterocercus aurantiivertex) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swampland and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1881

Orange-crested manakin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pipridae
Genus:	Heterocercus
Species:	H. aurantiivertex
Binomial name
Heterocercus aurantiivertex Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880