Opal-crowned manakin

{{Short description|Species of bird in Brazil}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Opal-crowned manakin

| image = Lepidothrix iris - Opal-crowned Manakin (male); Carajas National Forest, Pará, Brazil.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Lepidothrix iris |volume=2016 |page=e.T22701033A93810290 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701033A93810290.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Lepidothrix

| species = iris

| authority = (Schinz, 1851)

| synonyms = Pipra iris Schinz, 1851

| range_map = Lepidothrix iris map.svg

}}

The opal-crowned manakin (Lepidothrix iris) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is endemic to Brazil.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. This is one of the parent species that hybridized to produce the golden-crowned manakin.{{ cite journal | last1 = Barrera-Guzman| first1 = A.O. | last2 = Aleixo| first2 = A. | last3 = Shawkey| first3 = A.| last4 = Weir| first4 = J.T.| year = 2017 | title = Hybrid speciation leads to novel male secondary sexual ornamentation of an Amazonian bird | journal = PNAS| volume = 115| issue = 2| pages = E218–E225| doi=10.1073/pnas.1717319115| pmid = 29279398| pmc = 5777072| doi-access = free}} A hybrid zone between this species and the snow-capped manakin exists where the two species' ranges come into geographic contact in the Cachimbo Range.