Orange-crowned Manakin

The orange-crested manakin is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 21 to 22 g (0.74 to 0.78 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a mostly grayish olive head with an often hidden orange stripe on the crown and a grayish white throat. The throat feathers are long and silky. Their upperparts and flanks are dull olive. Their underparts are dull cinnamon-buff. Adult females have no orange on their crown. They are otherwise similar to males but their plumage is overall duller with paler underparts. Both sexes have a dark brown iris, a long narrow dark bill, and dark legs and feet. Immatures of both sexes resemble adult females.

The orange-crested manakin primarily is found in eastern Ecuador between Sucumbíos and Pastaza provinces and southeast well into northern Peru's Loreto Department. In Peru it is found mostly north of the Amazon River but has a few localities south of it. It also occurs very locally along the Amazon in Brazil all the way to the Atlantic. In addition, the South American Classification Committee has at least one unconfirmed record in Colombia. The orange-crested manakin inhabits humid várzea forest and woodlands, mostly along blackwater rivers. In elevation it reaches up to about 300 m (1,000 ft).

The orange-crested manakin feeds on small fruits, especially those of figs (Ficus), and insects. It takes them in aerial sallies from a perch.