The Snow-capped Manakin lives in lowland humid forest in Brazil and Bolivia. Males are marked by white on the crown, nape, and rump.
The male has green upperparts, a white crown, nape, and rump, an olive-green throat and chest, and a yellow belly. The female is green without white markings.
It inhabits humid forest up to 500 m. Its diet includes small insects and spiders; small fruits are considered probable, not confirmed.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.