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Alternative name: Gray-headed Manakin

Photo by tomjenner
Specimen from the British Museum, Tring
Piprites griseiceps

Identification

12 cm

Distribution

Guatemala to Costa Rica along the Caribbean Coast.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small fruits and insects which are taken in flight.
Forms mixed species foraging flocks.

Breeding

There is currently no information on breeding.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)

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