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The snow-capped manakin (''Lepidothrix nattereri'') is a species of 
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
in the family Pipridae
The manakins are a family, Pipridae, of small suboscine passerine birds. The group contains 55 species distributed through the American tropics. The name is from Middle Dutch "little man" (also the source of the different bird name '' mannikin' ...
.
It is found in the Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributary, tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries ...
of Brazil
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and far northeastern Bolivia
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.
Its natural habitat
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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Description
TSMF is generally found in large ...
. This is one of the parent species that hybridized to produce the golden-crowned manakin
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.
Discovery and re ...
. A hybrid zone between this species and the opal-crowned manakin
The opal-crowned manakin (''Lepidothrix iris'') is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. This is one of the parent species that hybridized to prod ...
exists where the two species ranges come into geographic contact in the Cachimbo Range.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1308683 snow-capped manakin Birds of the Brazilian Amazon Birds of Southern Amazonia snow-capped manakin snow-capped manakin Taxonomy articles created by Polbot