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Calyptura cristata

Idenitification

8 cm. Bright yellow-olive above. Yellow forehead and rump. Very short tail and dusky wings, two white wing-bars and tip to tertials. Bright yellow below with olive wash on breast. Long red feathers of the mid-crown, surrounded by black, often raised to form crest.

Distribution

Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Behaviour

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