Yellow-headed Manakin

Yellow-headed Manakin
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae
Genus: Xenopipo
Species: X. flavicapilla
Binomial name
Xenopipo flavicapilla
(Sclater, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Heteropelma flavicapillum
  • Chloropipo flavicapilla (Sclater, 1852)

The Yellow-headed Manakin (Xenopipo flavicapilla) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.

It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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