Golden-crowned Manakin
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The Golden-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix vilasboasi) is a small species of perching bird in the manakin
family (Pipridae). It is endemic to the south-central Amazon Rainforest
in Brazil
, and it is threatened
by habitat loss. Helmut Sick
described this species in 1959 based on a series of specimen
s collected a few years before, but it was only rediscovered (in part due to confusion over the original type locality) in 2002. Except for the yellow crown of the male, it closely resembles the Opal-crowned Manakin
and Snow-capped Manakin
, but their distributions are not known to overlap.
Manakin
The manakins are a family, Pipridae, of unique small suboscine passerine birds. The family contains some 60 species. They are distributed through the American tropics...
family (Pipridae). It is endemic to the south-central Amazon Rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, and it is threatened
Threatened species
Threatened species are any speciesg animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.The World Conservation Union is the foremost authority on threatened species, and treats threatened species not as a single category, but as a group of three categories,...
by habitat loss. Helmut Sick
Helmut Sick
Helmut Sick , was a German-Brazilian ornithologist.A prominent ornithologist in Brazil, Sick published more than 200 papers, including his most influential work: Ornitologia Brasileira, Uma Introdução , later translated into English as Birds in Brazil: A Natural History...
described this species in 1959 based on a series of specimen
Specimen
A specimen is a portion/quantity of material for use in testing, examination, or study.BiologyA laboratory specimen is an individual animal, part of an animal, a plant, part of a plant, or a microorganism, used as a representative to study the properties of the whole population of that species or...
s collected a few years before, but it was only rediscovered (in part due to confusion over the original type locality) in 2002. Except for the yellow crown of the male, it closely resembles the Opal-crowned Manakin
Opal-crowned Manakin
The Opal-crowned Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
and Snow-capped Manakin
Snow-capped Manakin
The Snow-capped Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
, but their distributions are not known to overlap.