RED-HEADED MANAKIN 



attractive and interesting members of the 

 bird fauna. 



Key to the Adult Male Manakins 



a. General color black, head with blue or red. 



b. Head with blue Pipra velutina minuscula 



bb. Head with red. 



c. Crown red with a flattened crest; back and shoul- 

 ders pale bluish Chiroxiphia lanceolata 



cc. Whole head and neck excepting chin and throat 



red, no crest; chin and thighs yellow 



Pipra mentalis ignifera 



aa. General colors orange yellow, olive and black. Wing 

 coverts with yellow edgings, a collar across hindneck, 

 chest, sides of neck and throat, orange yellow; rump 



and remaining under parts olive green 



Manacus v. vitellinus 



i. Pipra mentalis ignifera Bangs 

 Red-headed Manakin 



Length, 96 mm. (3.80 in.); tail, 26 mm. 

 (i.oo in.). 



Male. General color velvety black with a 

 brilliant flame colored head and neck, not 

 including chin and throat; plumage of chin and 

 thighs yellow. Bill small, slender, moderately 

 curved at tip, and pale colored. 



Female. Dull olive green, paler and tinged 

 with pale yellow below. Bill like that of male; 

 legs flesh colored. 



The young male is often recognizable by hav- 

 ing scarlet feathers scattered among the olive 

 green ones of head and neck. 

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