# Red-headed manakin

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{{Speciesbox
| name = Red-headed manakin
| image = Red-headed manakin (Pipra rubrocapilla) male.JPG
| image_caption = Cristalino River<br />Southern Amazon, [Brazil](/source/Brazil) 
| status = LC 
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2024 |title=Red-headed Manakin ''Ceratopipra rubrocapilla'' |volume=2024 |article-number=e.T22701000A264145956 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22701000A264145956.en |access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref>
| genus = Ceratopipra
| species = rubrocapilla
| authority = ([Temminck](/source/Coenraad_Jacob_Temminck), 1821)
| synonyms = 
| range_map = Ceratopipra rubrocapilla map.svg
}}

The '''red-headed manakin''' ('''''Ceratopipra rubrocapilla''''') is a species of [bird](/source/bird) in the family [Pipridae](/source/Pipridae).<ref name=IOC15.1>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/cotingas/ |title=Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards |website=IOC World Bird List |version =v 15.1 | editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen |date=March 2025 |access-date=3 March 2025 }}</ref> It is found in [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia), [Brazil](/source/Brazil), and [Peru](/source/Peru).<ref name=SACCcountries>Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, D. F. Lane, L, N. Naka, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 29 September 2025. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. South American Classification Committee associated with the International Ornithological Union. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved September 29, 2025</ref>

==Taxonomy and systematics==

The red-headed manakin was [originally described](/source/Species_description) as ''Pipra rubro-capilla''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Temminck |first=C. J. |display-authors=et al | date= 1838 | title=Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d’oiseaux: pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, édition in-folio et in-40 de l’Imprimerie royale, 1770 | publisher=Chez Legras Imbert et Comp | volume=III | page=76 |language=French |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704726 |access-date=October 6, 2025 }}Though the volume was published in 1838 the species description is credited to 1821.</ref> Though its present genus ''[Ceratopipra](/source/Ceratopipra)'' had been erected in 1854, the red-headed manakin was not transferred to it until the early 2000s.<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1854 | title=Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum | journal=L'Ateneo Italiano. Raccolta di Documenti e Memorie Relative al Progresso delle Scienze Fisiche | volume=2 | issue=11 | pages=311–321 [316] | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BR1pAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA316 }}<!--scan available from BHL with different pagination https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/101984#/summary --></ref>
<ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Rêgo | first1=P.S. | last2=Araripe | first2=J. | last3=Marceliano | first3=M.L.V. | last4=Sampaio  | first4=I. | last5=Schneider | first5=H. | year=2007 | title=Phylogenetic analyses of the genera ''Pipra'', ''Lepidothrix'', and ''Dixiphia'' (Pipridae, Passeriformes) using partial cytochrome b and 165 mtDNA genes | journal=Zoologica Scripta | volume=36 | issue=6 | pages=565–575 | doi=10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00301.x }}</ref><ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Tello | first1=J.G. | last2=Moyle | first2=R.G. | last3=Marchese | first3=D.J. | last4=Cracraft | first4=J. | year=2009 | title=Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannides) | journal=Cladistics | volume=25 | issue=5 | pages=429–467 | doi=10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00254.x | s2cid=85422768 | doi-access=free | pmid=34879622 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Ohlson | first1=J.I. | last2=Fjeldså | first2=J. | last3=Ericson | first3=P.G.P. | year=2013 | title=Molecular phylogeny of the manakins (Aves: Passeriformes: Pipridae), with a new classification and the description of a new genus | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=69 | issue=3 | pages=796–804 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.024 | pmid=23831559 | bibcode=2013MolPE..69..796O }}</ref>

The red-headed manakin is [monotypic](/source/monotypic).<ref name=IOC15.1/> It, the [red-capped manakin](/source/red-capped_manakin) (''C. mentalis''), and the [golden-headed manakin](/source/golden-headed_manakin) (''C. erythrocephala'') form a [superspecies](/source/superspecies).<ref name=SACClist>Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, D. F. Lane, L, N. Naka, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 29 September 2025. A classification of the bird species of South America. South American Classification Committee associated with the International Ornithological Union. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved September 29, 2025</ref>

thumb|left|Illustration from the original description
==Description==

The red-headed manakin is {{convert|10|to|10.5|cm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and weighs about {{convert|11|to|17|g|oz|sigfig=2|abbr=on}}. The species is [sexually dimorphic](/source/sexually_dimorphic) and females are heavier than males. Adult males have an almost entirely red head and neck. Their thighs are also red. Their throat and the rest of their plumage are black. Adult females are mostly dull olive-green; their underparts are lighter than their back, especially on the belly. Both sexes have dull pinkish legs and feet. Males have a hazel-brown iris and a pale brownish bill; the female's iris and bill are darker.<ref name=RHMA-BOW>Snow, D. (2020). Red-headed Manakin (''Ceratopipra rubrocapilla''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.rehman1.01 retrieved October 6, 2025</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==

The red-headed manakin has a [disjunct distribution](/source/disjunct_distribution) with two ranges. The much larger one includes eastern [Loreto](/source/Department_of_Loreto) and eastern [Madre de Dios](/source/Department_of_Madre_de_Dios) departments of Peru.<ref name=Schulenberg>{{cite book | last =Schulenberg | first =T.S. | last2 =Stotz | first2 =D.F. | last3 =Lane | first3 =D.F. | last4 =O'Neill | first4 =J.P. | last5 =Parker | first5 =T.A. III | title =Birds of Peru | publisher =Princeton University Press | edition =revised and updated |series=Princeton Field Guides | date =2010 | location =Princeton, NJ | pages =504  |isbn = 978-0691130231 }}</ref> From there it extends east across northern Bolivia and the [Amazon Basin](/source/Amazon_Basin) of Brazil south of the Amazon River. It reaches the Atlantic in [Maranhão](/source/Maranh%C3%A3o) and its southernmost edge in south-central [Mato Grosso](/source/Mato_Grosso). A much smaller range extends along the eastern Brazilian coast from [Pernambuco](/source/Pernambuco) south to [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro_(state)) state.<ref name=RHMA-BOW/><ref name=vanPerlo>{{cite book | last =van Perlo | first = Ber| title =A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil | publisher =Oxford University Press | date =2009 | location =New York | pages =278–279 | isbn =978-0-19-530155-7 }}</ref> The species inhabits humid forest and [secondary woodland](/source/secondary_woodland) at elevations up to {{convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=RHMA-BOW/>

==Behavior==
===Movement===

The red-headed manakin is believed to be a year-round resident.<ref name=RHMA-BOW/>

===Feeding===

The red-headed manakin feeds on small fruits and also insects. It plucks them while perched and with short flights from a perch.<ref name=RHMA-BOW/>

===Breeding===

The red-headed manakin's breeding season has not been defined but includes September to April in the northern part of its larger Brazilian range. Males make a complex courtship display to females in a [lek](/source/Lek_mating). Its elements include rapid flights and, upon landing, turning around and prominently displaying their red thighs. The few known nests were between about {{convert|2|and|5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} above the ground but not otherwise described. The clutch is two eggs. Fledging occurs 13 to 14 days after hatch. The incubation period and details of parental care are not known.<ref name=RHMA-BOW/>

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===Vocalization===

The male red-headed manakin's principal call is a somewhat variable "''drree-dit, dree-dee-dew''". It also makes a "sharp ''zit, zit''" call and during the display flight "a series of ''kew'' notes".<ref name=RHMA-BOW/>

==Status==

The [IUCN](/source/IUCN) has assessed the red-headed manakin as being of Least Concern. It has a very large range; its population size is not known and is believed to be decreasing. No immediate threats have been identified.<ref name=IUCN/> It is considered "locally fairly common" in Peru and common in Brazil.<ref name=Schulenberg/><ref name=vanPerlo/> It occurs in at least two protected areas in Brazil but the coastal population is "much reduced by extensive destruction of lowland forest".<ref name=RHMA-BOW/>

==References==
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