| Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin in Suriname
 
 Saffron-crested tyrant-manakin
 
 Photo of a Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin, made by Pieter
 Verheij near Phedra in January 2005 and below one madeNear
 Zanderij by N. Takano (
 personal
 museum of natural history
 , his copyright as with all the
 other photographers) made in August 2004. These manakins are more
 often heard than seen (sound of the
 song
 and the
 call
 recorded by Foek
 Chin Joe on the same place in february 2004). They have a yellow-orange
 patch on their heads (just visible), red eyes and a yellow belly
 (that's easy). Best chance to meet them is in the savannas. They
 have a nice display, Otte Ottema writes: "The bird was found
 sitting on a horizontal branch about 5 m above the ground and was
 constantly jumping about 20 cm high using its wings, while
 singing each time it jumped. It was fanning its yellow-orange
 crest in between two jumps, but not every time."
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