Helmut Sick (10 January 1910 – 5 March 1991) was a German-

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian ornithologist. Sick was born in Leipzig, Germany. He emigrated to Brazil in 1939. A prominent ornithologist in

, Sick published more than 200 papers, including his most influential work: ''Ornitologia Brasileira, Uma Introdução'' (1984), later translated into English as ''Birds in Brazil: A Natural History'' (1993). He also led scientific expeditions in remote areas in Brazil and described several species of birds, including the Brasília tapaculo, long-tailed cinclodes, Stresemann's bristlefront and

golden-crowned manakin The golden-crowned manakin (''Lepidothrix vilasboasi'') is a small species of perching bird in the manakin family (Pipridae). It is endemic to the south-central Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, and it is threatened by habitat loss. Discovery and re ...

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