Club-winged Manakin
Machaeropterus deliciosus
Milpe, Ecuador - January 2013
The Club-winged Manakin has quite a complex display with 6 different display behaviours having been scientifically described. These are: the "wing-flash"; the "backward wing-flash"; the "crouch-call"; the "wing-presentation"; the "jump-turn" and the "lateral spring".
The two display behaviours illustrated in the photos above and below are the "crouch-call", which is fairly self-explanatory, and the "jump-turn", which involves the bird jumping vertically, executing a 180°-turn and landing up to 15cm away from its launch point, facing the opposite direction.
Milpe, Ecuador - January 2013
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