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Golden-collared manakin, Uraba, Colombia
We were very happy to find this manakin only occurring in the northwest of Colombia, and parts of Panama. Together with Jacamars, Manankins are some of the most sought after birds in Colombia. Manakins are best known for looking pretty cute in general, even more so for the male courtship behavior where males compete in a lek. A giant competitive dance festival. You can hear such a lek going on from the sound it makes, which sounds similar to snapping your fingers repeatedly. Here is the female found nearby:
A golden-collared manakin bachelor practicing:
This video of another species shows just one male, yet an awesome dance, and it has the snapping sound:
A video with some more males:
The golden-collared manakin is a species of bird in the family Pipridae.
It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
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