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Heterocercus
Orange-crested manakin (Heterocercus aurantiivertex)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pipridae
Genus:	Heterocercus P.L. Sclater, 1862
Type species
Elaenia linteata Strickland, 1850

Heterocercus is a genus of bird in the family Pipridae. Established by Philip Lutley Sclater in 1862, it contains the following species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Heterocercus aurantiivertex	Orange-crested manakin	Ecuador and Peru
	Heterocercus flavivertex	Yellow-crested manakin	Northern Amazonia
	Heterocercus linteatus	Flame-crested manakin	Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru

The name Heterocercus is a combination of the Greek words heteros, meaning "different" and kerkos, meaning "tail".

References

1. Sclater, P.L. (1862). Catalogue of collection of American Birds. London: N. Trubner and Co. p. 245.
2. "Heterocercus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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