Heterocercus

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| image = HeterocercusAurantiivertex.jpg

| image_caption = Orange-crested manakin (Heterocercus aurantiivertex)

| taxon = Heterocercus

| authority = P.L. Sclater, 1862{{r|Sclater}}

| type_species_authority = Strickland, 1850

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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
class="wikitable"
120px	Heterocercus aurantiivertex	Orange-crested manakin	Ecuador and Peru
120px	Heterocercus flavivertex	Yellow-crested manakin	Northern Amazonia
120px	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

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{{cite web | title = Heterocercus | url = https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=557744 | publisher = Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date = 15 April 2015}}

{{cite book |last1= Sclater|first1=P.L.|year= 1862| title= Catalogue of collection of American Birds |url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47708#page/515/mode/1up|location= London|publisher= N. Trubner and Co.|page=245}}

{{cite book | title = The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names | url = https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | first = James A. | last = Jobling | year = 2010 | location = London, UK | publisher = Christopher Helm | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n191 191] }}

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Category:Bird genera

Category:Birds of the Amazon rainforest

Category:Taxa named by Philip Sclater

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