manakins
pipridae latin

In the world of golden-collared manakins, a split second can be the difference between life and death.

As in other manakins, males play no part in the care of the young.

Like other manakins they eat fruit and some insects.

The manakins have adapted their wings in this odd way as a result of sexual selection.

Unlike many other manakins, the males do not form leks, but have their own territory.

Both genders somewhat resemble females of other manakins, but are even smaller.

The intricate dances performed by manakins in Trinidad are also examined.

"In the same way, the female manakins are happy as long as the singing and dancing is good.

Like many other manakins, the males cluster in a leks to attract females.

Here Snow began his studies of three bird families, all associated with plants, the hummingbirds, the cotingas and the manakins.

Rather than compete for females, male long-tailed manakins co-operate with their friends.

Dr. Prum has dedicated much of his career to studying it in manakins.

The development of coordinated singing in cooperatively displaying long-tailed manakins.

This feature is shared only by the male orange-collared and golden-collared manakins.

Like other manakins, this species has a fascinating breeding display at a communal lek.

Many species of birds use sonation for mating calls such as manakins and hummingbirds.

One project looked at the genetic relationships between offspring and parents to determine reproductive behavior in manakins (Tori, 2006).

Thus, in manakins, the males have evolved adaptations to suit the females' attraction towards sound.

The noise-making skill of manakins first came to the attention of naturalists in the 1800's.

Manakins of the genus 'Chiroxiphia' have an unusual mating system, based on female mate choice.

This suggests that manakins may have no trouble dispersing across non-forest habitat patches.

Nest-building, incubation for 18-21 days, and care of the young are undertaken by the female alone, since manakins do not form stable pairs.

This occurs with manakins, as well as other birds such as grouse species.

Charles Darwin was fascinated by manakins.

Ceratopipra is a genus of bird in the Pipridae family.

The sapayoa was originally classified in the group Pipridae, according to at least one author, the genus more accurately now suggests its own family.

Piprites is a genus of bird traditionally placed in the Pipridae family, although it remains unclear if this is correct.

Pipridae: manakins This group has been separated into three parvorders by Sibley & Ahlquist.

The fiery-capped manakin (Machaeropterus pyrocephalus) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, the manakins.

Family Pipridae (Manakins).

The tyrant-flycatcher clade includes the namesake family, the Tityridae, the Cotingidae, and the Pipridae.

The approximately 30 species in this family were formerly spread over the families Tyrannidae, Pipridae and Cotingidae (see Taxonomy).

The tiny tyrant-manakin or tiny tyranneutes (Tyranneutes virescens) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.

Sexual dimorphism is also not uncommon in the Acanthisittidae and prominent in some suboscines such as the Pipridae and Cotingidae.

High-speed videos of two manakin clades (Pipridae: Aves)", from the Journal of Experimental Biology website"

A new species of Antilophia (Passeriformes: Pipridae) from Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brazil.

Uma nova raça geográfica de Piprites chloris (Temminck) do Estado do Pará (Pipridae, Aves).

The long-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family native to Central America where it inhabits both wet and dry tropical and subtropical forests.

Traditionally, the genus Laniocera was included in the family Tyrannidae, the genera Iodopleura, Laniisoma, Tityra, Pachyramphus and Xenopsaris were included in the family Cotingidae, and Schiffornis was included in the family Pipridae.