| Blue-crowned Manakin | |
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| Adult male of a blue-bodied subspecies | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pipridae |
| Genus: | Lepidothrix |
| Species: | L. coronata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidothrix coronata (Spix, 1825) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pipra coronata Spix, 1825 |
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The Blue-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. The males have a brilliant blue cap; some have black, others have green body plumage, but the relationship between the subspecies is not well understood.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.