Red-headed Manakin Ceratopipra rubrocapilla
(aka Pipra rubrocapilla Dixiphia rubrocapilla)
Male Red-headed Manakin, Vila Bela de Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil, March 2003 - click for larger image Brazil

The Red-headed Manakin is distributed in the Amazon Basin south of the river Amazon with a disjunct population in eastern Brazil. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in low to middle levels of forest and woodland.
Male Red-headed Manakin, Vila Bela de Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil, March 2003 - click for larger image The male has a red head, dull pink legs, red thighs (which you can see on the right-hand bird in the first photo), a squarish tail and a brown iris. The female is olive above and slightly paler below with a darker brown iris.

I think that the 4th photo is of an immature male given that there is a hint of red showing through.
Male Red-headed Manakin, Murici, Alagoas, Brazil, March 2004 - click for larger image The 5th photo shows 3 males displaying. This performance went on for at least 20 minutes and involved mainly wing stretching.

Immature male (?) Red-headed Manakin, Murici, Alagoas, Brazil, March 2004 - click for larger image
Male Red-headed Manakin, Borba, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image
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