Red-headed Manakin

The red-headed manakin is 10 to 10.5 cm (3.9 to 4.1 in) long and weighs about 11 to 17 g (0.39 to 0.60 oz). The species is 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.

The red-headed manakin has a disjunct distribution with two ranges. The much larger one includes eastern Loreto and eastern Madre de Dios departments of Peru. From there it extends east across northern Bolivia and the Amazon Basin of Brazil south of the Amazon River. It reaches the Atlantic in Maranhão and its southernmost edge in south-central Mato Grosso. A much smaller range extends along the eastern Brazilian coast from Pernambuco south to Rio de Janeiro state. The species inhabits humid forest and secondary woodland at elevations up to 500 m (1,600 ft).

The red-headed manakin feeds on small fruits and also insects. It plucks them while perched and with short flights from a perch.