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 on the photo but see the video), light orange or white eyes and a yellow belly. 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." This display can be seen in a video of a jumping Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin, made by Ward Vercruysse near Zanderij airport on the first of March 2009.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests |  |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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Photos of other manakins and cotingas from Suriname
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