Snow-capped manakin

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Snow-capped manakin
male

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pipridae
Genus: Lepidothrix
Species:
L. nattereri
Binomial name
Lepidothrix nattereri
(Sclater, PL, 1865)
Synonyms

Pipra nattereri P.L.Sclater, 1865

The snow-capped manakin (Lepidothrix nattereri) is a species of

Pipridae
. It is found in the
Amazon Basin of Brazil and far northeastern Bolivia
. Its natural
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. This is one of the parent species that hybridized to produce the golden-crowned manakin.[2] A hybrid zone between this species and the opal-crowned manakin exists where the two species ranges come into geographic contact in the Cachimbo Range.[2]

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