Pipra pipra
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The white-crowned manakin (Pseudopipra pipra) is a small passerine bird in the manakin family Pipridae. This common and extremely widespread manakin is one of the most easily identified, even in female plumage. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to northeastern Peru and eastern Brazil. It was traditionally placed in the genus Pipra, but is now placed in its own monotypic genus Pseudopipra. It is a small, compact bird about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. Males have black plumage with a white crown which can be erected as a crest, the only member of the Pipridae to possess both an all-black body and a gleaming white crown. Females and juveniles are olive-green, with a grey head and throat, and greyish-green or olive underparts. At breeding time, males are involved in a lekking behaviour. This is a fairly common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".
The white-crowned manakin was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae and given the binomial name Parus pipra. Linnaeus based... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-crowned Manakin sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 190 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 232nd most-seen of the 533 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and August–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-crowned Manakin in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and April–July, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-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.
Among the best
Of the 9 parks where we can rate White-crowned Manakin sightings, Yasuní National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 10%).
Same genus: Pipra
The closest relatives of the White-crowned Manakin that you can see in Yasuní National Park (genus Pipra, Orange-headed and Wire-tailed Manakins) are Wire-tailed Manakin (about 10%) and Golden-headed Manakin (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-crowned Manakin is recorded against all the birds logged in Yasuní National Park (190 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.
