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

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in the family

Pipridae The manakins are a family, Pipridae, of small suboscine passerine birds. The group contains some 54 species distributed through the American tropics. The name is from Middle Dutch ''mannekijn'' "little man" (also the source of the different bird ...

. It is found in the Amazon Basin of

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and far northeastern Bolivia. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. 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 produ ...

exists where the two species ranges come into geographic contact in the Cachimbo Range. PipraNattereriJennens

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snow-capped manakin The snow-capped manakin (''Lepidothrix nattereri'') is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil and far northeastern Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. This i ...

Birds of the Amazon Basin

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