Red-capped manakin

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Red-capped manakin
Male
Dixiphia mentalis - Red-capped Manakin

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae
Genus: Ceratopipra
Species:
C. mentalis
Binomial name
Ceratopipra mentalis
(Sclater, PL, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Pipra mentalis (
    protonym
    )
  • Dixiphia mentalis

The red-capped manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis) is a species of

Pipridae
. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Panama. Its natural
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
.

The bird is probably best known for the male's unusual courting method whereby he shuffles rapidly backwards across a branch, akin to a speedy moonwalk.

Taxonomy

The red-capped manakin was

binomial name Pipra mentalis.[2][3] The specific epithet mentalis is Latin meaning "pertaining to the chin".[4]

The red-capped manakin was moved to the genus

non-monophyletic.[5][6] It is closely related to, and in eastern Panama sometimes hybridizes with, the golden-headed manakin.[7]

Three subspecies are recognized subspecies:[6]

  • Ceratopipra mentalis mentalis (Sclater, PL, 1857) – southeast Mexico to east Costa Rica
  • Ceratopipra mentalis ignifera (Bangs, 1901) – west Costa Rica and west Panama
  • Ceratopipra mentalis minor (Hartert, 1898) – east Panama, west Colombia and northwest Ecuador

Description

The red-capped manakin is a small passerine, measuring 4 in (10 cm) in length

irides are white, while those of the female and young are brown.[7]

While the adult male is distinctive, the female and youngsters can be confused with several similar species. The male golden-collared manakin is larger, and has orange (rather than brown) legs, while the female velvety manakin is a brighter green (rather than olive).[7]

Habitat and range

Found primarily in humid forest and second growth woodland, the red-capped manakin typically occurs below 400–500 m (1,300–1,600 ft) above sea level, though it sometimes ranges as high as 900 m (3,000 ft).

La Selva Biological Reserve, in eastern Costa Rica, tripled in January and February, when a favored fruit ripened, for example, while the number caught at a nearby higher elevation site (where the fruits were not found) dropped to zero.[10]

Behavior

Food and feeding

The red-capped manakin is a

Leandra, Miconia, Ossaea, Pinzona and Psychotria, in the fecal droppings of red-capped manakins.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ By convention, length is measured from the tip of the bill to the tip of the tail on a dead bird (or skin) laid on its back.[9]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700994A93808541.en
    . Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ Sclater, Philip Lutley (1856). "Calatlogue of the birds collected by M. Auguste Sallé in southern Mexico, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 24 (319): 283–311 [299, Plate 121]. Although the volume is dated 1856 on the title page, the article was not published until 1857.
  3. ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 278.
  4. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
    .
  5. PMID 23831559
    .
  6. ^
    Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. ^
    ISBN 0-691-08372-X
    .
  8. ^
    ISBN 0-8014-9600-4
    .
  9. ISBN 0-19-857358-8
    .
  10. ISBN 0-292-70673-1
    .
  11. JSTOR 1367377
    .
  12. ISBN 978-1-84593-165-0
    .

Further reading

  • Skutch, Alexander F. (1969). "Yellow-thighed manakin" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds III: Families Cotingidae, Pipridae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptidae, and Picidae. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 35. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 110–117.

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