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White-crowned manakin, Santa María, Colombia
A horrible photo which I'm sharing anyway for the species value. I have better shots from another location that I will share in time. Together with Jacamars, Manakins have been a pleasant discovery for us in Colombia as really cool families of birds to focus on. Manakins in particular are interesting not only for being cute and beautiful, similar to birds of paradise they engage in interesting mating display behavior. Examples:
The white-crowned manakin is a tiny passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to northeastern Peru and eastern Brazil. It is normally placed in the genus ''Pipra'', but its syringeal anatomy now favours its separation as a separate genus ''Dixiphia''. It is a small, compact bird about 10 centimetres long. Males have black plumage with a white crown which can be erected as a creat. Females and juveniles are olive-green, with a grey head.. more
