Manakin

Family of South American birds

This article is about the bird. For the model used for clothing, see Mannequin. For the anatomical model used in education, see Transparent Anatomical Manikin. For the village, see Manakin-Sabot, Virginia.

Manakins

Male long-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Parvorder:  | Tyrannida
Family:  | Pipridae
Rafinesque, 1815
Species

Many, see text

Manakin range

The manakins are a family, Pipridae, of small suboscine passerine birds. The group contains 55 species distributed through the American tropics. The name is from Middle Dutch mannekijn "little man" (also the source of the different bird name mannikin).[1]

## Description

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Manakins range in size from 7 to 15 cm (3 to 6 in) and in weight from 8 to 30 g (0.28 to 1.06 oz). Species in the genus Tyranneutes are the smallest manakins, those in the genus Antilophia are believed to be the largest (since the genus Schiffornis are no longer considered manakins). They are compact stubby birds with short tails, broad and rounded wings, and big heads. The bill is short and has a wide gap. Females and first-year males have dull green plumage; most species are sexually dichromatic in their plumage,[2] the males being mostly black with striking colours in patches,[3] and in some species having long, decorative tail or crown feathers or erectile throat feathers. In some species, males from two to four years old have a distinctive subadult plumage.[2]

The syrinx or "voicebox" is distinctive in manakins, setting them apart from the related families Cotingidae and Tyrannidae. Furthermore, it is so acutely variable within the group that genera and even species may be identified by the syrinx alone, unlike birds of most oscine families. The sounds made are whistles, trills, and buzzes.[2]

## Distribution and habitat

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Manakins occur from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil, and on Trinidad and Tobago as well. They are highly arboreal and are almost exclusively forest and woodland birds. Most species live in humid tropical lowlands, with a few in dry forests, river forests,[2] and the subtropical Andes.[4] Some highland species have altitudinal migrations.

## Behaviour and ecology

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Neopelma chrysolophum – Serra do Mar tyrant-manakin

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Neopelma – 4 species: tyrant-manakins

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Tyranneutes – 2 species: tyrant-manakins

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Chiroxiphia – 5 species with Antilophia – 2 species

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Ilicura – pin-tailed manakin

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Corapipo – 3 species

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Masius – golden-winged manakin

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Xenopipo – 2 species

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Chloropipo – 2 species

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Cryptopipo – green manakin

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Lepidothrix – 8 species

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Heterocercus – 3 species

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Manacus – 4 species

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Pipra – 3 species

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Machaeropterus – 5 species

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Ceratopipra – 5 species

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Pseudopipra – white-crowned manakin

Phylogeny based on a study of the suboscines by Michael Harvey and colleagues published in 2020. The genera Chiroxiphia and Neopelma were found to be paraphyletic.[5]

### Feeding

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Manakins feed in the understory on small fruit (but often remarkably large for the size of the bird[4]) including berries, and to a lesser degree, insects. Since they take fruit in flight as other species "hawk" for insects, they are believed to have evolved from insect-eating birds. Females have big territories from which they do not necessarily exclude other birds of their species, instead feeding somewhat socially. Males spend much of their time together at courtship sites. Manakins sometimes join mixed feeding flocks.[2]

### Reproduction

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Many manakin species have spectacular lekking courtship rituals, which are especially elaborate in the genera Pipra and Chiroxiphia. The rituals are characterized by a unique, species-specific pattern of vocalizations and movements such as jumping, bowing, wing vibration, wing snapping, and acrobatic flight.[6] The members of the genera Machaeropterus and Manacus have heavily modified wing feathers, which they use to make buzzing and snapping sounds. Members of Manacus and Ceratopipra have superfast wing movements.[7] The ability to produce these wing movements is supported by specialized peripheral androgen receptors in the muscular tissue.[8]

Building of the nest (an open cup, generally low in vegetation), the incubation for 18 to 21 days, and care of the young for 13 to 15 days are undertaken by the female alone, since most manakins do not form stable pairs. (The helmeted manakin does form pairs, but the male's contribution is limited to defending the territory.) The normal clutch is two eggs, which are buff or dull white, marked with brown.[2]

Lekking polygyny seems to have been a characteristic of the family's original ancestor, and the associated sexual selection led to an adaptive radiation in which relationships may be traced by similarities in displays. Manakin sexual displays within these leks among the ancestral subfamily Neopelminae are the most simple, while displays among the more evolutionarily recent subfamily Piprinae are the most complex.[9] An evolutionary explanation connecting lekking to fruit-eating has been proposed.[2]

## Species list

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The family Pipridae was introduced (as Pipraria) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815.[10][11] The members of the genus Schiffornis were previously placed in this family, but are now placed in Tityridae.[12]

Image | Genus | Living Species

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| Pseudopipra Kirwan et al, 2016 |

* White-crowned manakin, Pseudopipra pipra

| Pipra Linnaeus, 1764 |

* Crimson-hooded manakin, Pipra aureola (also known as orange-headed manakin)
* Band-tailed manakin, Pipra fasciicauda
* Wire-tailed manakin, Pipra filicauda

| Ceratopipra Bonaparte, 1854 |

* Golden-headed manakin, Ceratopipra erythrocephala
* Red-capped manakin, Ceratopipra mentalis
* Red-headed manakin, Ceratopipra rubrocapilla
* Round-tailed manakin, Ceratopipra chloromeros
* Scarlet-horned manakin, Ceratopipra cornuta

| Lepidothrix Bonaparte, 1854 |

* Velvety manakin, Lepidothrix velutina
* Blue-capped manakin, Lepidothrix coronata
* Blue-rumped manakin, Lepidothrix isidorei
* Cerulean-capped manakin, Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla
* Snow-capped manakin, Lepidothrix nattereri
* Golden-crowned manakin, Lepidothrix vilasboasi
* Opal-crowned manakin, Lepidothrix iris
* Orange-bellied manakin, Lepidothrix suavissima
* White-fronted manakin, Lepidothrix serena

| Chiroxiphia Cabanis, 1847 |

* Helmeted manakin, Chiroxiphia galeata
* Araripe manakin, Chiroxiphia bokermanni
* Long-tailed manakin, Chiroxiphia linearis
* Lance-tailed manakin, Chiroxiphia lanceolata
* Blue-backed manakin, Chiroxiphia pareola
* Yungas manakin, Chiroxiphia boliviana
* Blue manakin, Chiroxiphia caudata

| Ilicura L. Reichenbach, 1850 |

* Pin-tailed manakin, Ilicura militaris

| Masius Bonaparte, 1850 |

* Golden-winged manakin, Masius chrysopterus

| Corapipo Bonaparte, 1854 |

* White-bibbed manakin, Corapipo leucorrhoa
* White-ruffed manakin, Corapipo altera
* White-throated manakin, Corapipo gutturalis

| Manacus Brisson, 1760 |

* White-collared manakin, Manacus candei
* Orange-collared manakin, Manacus aurantiacus
* Golden-collared manakin, Manacus vitellinus
* White-bearded manakin, Manacus manacus

| Machaeropterus Hahn, 1819 |

* Club-winged manakin, Machaeropterus deliciosus
* Kinglet manakin, Machaeropterus regulus
* Striolated manakin, Machaeropterus striolatus
* Painted manakin, Machaeropterus eckelberryi
* Fiery-capped manakin, Machaeropterus pyrocephalus

| Xenopipo Cabanis, 1847 |

* Black manakin, Xenopipo atronitens
* Olive manakin, Xenopipo uniformis

| Cryptopipo Ohlson et al., 2013 |

* Green manakin, Cryptopipo holochlora
* Choco manakin, Cryptopipo litae

| Chloropipo Cabanis & Heine, 1859 |

* Yellow-headed manakin, Chloropipo flavicapilla
* Jet manakin, Chloropipo unicolor

| Heterocercus Strickland, 1850 |

* Flame-crested manakin, Heterocercus linteatus
* Orange-crested manakin, Heterocercus aurantiivertex
* Yellow-crested manakin, Heterocercus flavivertex

| Neopelma P.L. Sclater, 1861 |

* Saffron-crested tyrant-manakin, Neopelma chrysocephalum
* Sulphur-bellied tyrant-manakin, Neopelma sulphureiventer
* Pale-bellied tyrant-manakin, Neopelma pallescens
* Wied's tyrant-manakin, Neopelma aurifrons
* Serra do Mar tyrant-manakin, Neopelma chrysolophum

| Tyranneutes P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1881 |

* Dwarf tyrant-manakin, Tyranneutes stolzmanni
* Tiny tyrant-manakin, Tyranneutes virescens

## References

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1. ^ New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd ed., 2005), p. 1032.
2. ^ a b c d e f g Prum, Richard O.; Snow, David W. (2003). "Manakins". In Perrins, Christopher (ed.). The Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. Firefly Books. pp. 434–437. ISBN 978-1-55297-777-4.
3. ^ Lanyon, Scott N. (1991). Forshaw, Joseph (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Animals: Birds. London: Merehurst Press. pp. 167–168\. ISBN 978-1-85391-186-6.
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5. ^ Harvey, M.G.; Bravo, G.A.; Claramunt, S.; Cuervo, A.M.; Derryberry, G.E.; Battilana, J.; Seeholzer, G.F.; McKay, J.S.; O’Meara, B.C.; Faircloth, B.C.; Edwards, S.V.; Pérez-Emán, J.; Moyle, R.G.; Sheldon, F.H.; Aleixo, A.; Smith, B.T.; Chesser, R.T.; Silveira, L.F.; Cracraft, J.; Brumfield, R.T.; Derryberry, E.P. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science. 370 (6522): 1343–1348\. Bibcode:2020Sci...370.1343H. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. hdl:10138/329703. PMID 33303617. S2CID 228084618. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.
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9. ^ Alfonso, Camilo; Jones, Blake C; Vernasco, Ben J; Moore, Ignacio T (2021-07-12). "Integrative Studies of Sexual Selection in Manakins, a Clade of Charismatic Tropical Birds". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61 (4): 1267–1280\. doi:10.1093/icb/icab158. ISSN 1540-7063. PMID 34251421.
10. ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel (1815). Analyse de la nature ou, Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés (in French). Vol. 1815\. Palermo: Self-published. p. 66.
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12. ^ Remsen, J. V. Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, T. S. Schulenberg, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz, & K. J. Zimmer. 2007. A classification of the bird species of South America. Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine American Ornithologists' Union. Accessed 12 December 2007.

## Further reading

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* Ohlson, J.I.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2013). "Molecular phylogeny of the manakins (Aves: Passeriformes: Pipridae), with a new classification and the description of a new genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 796–804\. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.024. PMID 23831559.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pipridae.

* "Jungle Dancers", Nature article about manakin behaviour, from the PBS website
* "High-speed videos of two manakin clades (Pipridae: Aves)", from the Journal of Experimental Biology website
* Videos of Machaeropterus deliciosus making a "tick-tick-ting" sound through wing motion, from the Science website
* Manakin videos, photos and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection
* "Manakins and the Plant Family Melastomataceae", from the Ecology Online Sweden website

Taxon identifiers

Pipridae|

* Wikidata: Q379200
* Wikispecies: Pipridae
* BOLD: 68774
* CoL: 625NN
* EoL: 1622
* GBIF: 5270
* iNaturalist: 14221
* IRMNG: 108520
* ITIS: 178385
* NCBI: 114313
* Open Tree of Life: 881043
* Paleobiology Database: 372235

Authority control databases

National|

* United States
* Israel

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* Yale LUX