Appearance
Like other manakins, the golden-headed manakin is a compact, brightly coloured forest bird, typically 3.7 in long and weighing 0.44 oz. The adult male is black apart from a golden cap, white and red thighs, pink legs and a yellowish bill. The female and young males are olive-green and resemble female white-bearded manakins, but are smaller, shorter-tailed and have pinkish legs.
Status
They have a large range and are thus considered a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN.
Behavior
Apart from the buzzing display song, the golden-headed manakin has a number of other calls, including a buzzing ''pir pir prrrrrt''.
Habitat
This manakin is a common bird of forests, second growth and plantations. Their upper altitudinal limit is usually about 3,600 ft, but they are occasionally found has high as c.5,000 ft ASL. Like other manakins they eat fruit and some insects.Reproduction
Male golden-headed manakins give a fascinating courtship display at a communal lek. Each male occupies a horizontal perch 20–40 ft high and rapidly jumps, slides, or darts to other perches. The display is accompanied by the whirring of the wings and a buzzing ''zit-zit'' call. Groups of up to 12 birds may perform together. The female builds a shallow cup nest low in a tree; two brown-mottled yellowish eggs are laid, and incubated entirely by the female for about 16–17 days.References:
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