Heterocercus linteatus
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The flame-crested manakin, or flame-crowned manakin, (Heterocercus linteatus) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. The flame-crested manakin was originally described as Elaenia linteata, erroneously placing it in the New World flycatcher family.
The flame-crested manakin is monotypic. It shares genus Heterocercus with the orange-crested manakin (H. aurantiivertex) and the yellow-crested manakin (H. flavivertex). The three form a superspecies. The flame-crested manakin is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 20 to 24 g (0.71 to 0.85 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a mostly black head with an often hidden red stripe on the crown and a white throat. The throat feathers are long and silky. Their upperparts and flanks are dark olive. They have a sooty olive upper breast and a deep chestnut lower breast that becomes cinnamon-rufous on the belly. Adult females have no red on their crown. The head is mostly the same dark olive as their upperparts though their face is duskier and their throat gray. Their flanks are grayish olive and their underparts cinnamon-buff. Both... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-crowned Manakin sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 526th most-seen of the 550 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-crowned Manakin in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame-crowned Manakin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tambopata National Reserve, in our data
Tambopata National Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Flame-crowned Manakin sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pipridae
The closest relatives of the Flame-crowned Manakin that you can see in Tambopata National Reserve (family Pipridae, Manakins) are Band-tailed Manakin (about 20%), Round-tailed Manakin (about 10%) and Fiery-capped Manakin (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame-crowned Manakin is recorded against all the birds logged in Tambopata National Reserve (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
