return
to the Bird Zoo home page
return to South America Page
| A
Few Costa Rican Manakins |
|
| White-ruffed
Manakin (Corapipo leucorrhoa) A bird of the middle elevation forests of of Central and South America |
|
|
Red-capped
Manakin (Pipra mentalis) Found in moist forest from Costa Rica through South America |
|
| White-crowned
Manakin (Pipra pipra) Found in moist rainforest regions from Costa Rica to South America |
|
| White-collared
Manakin (Manacus candei) Inhabiting the forest edges and second growth from Mexico to Panama, this typical "manacus" manakin, has an elaborate display dance which includes very loud wing-snaps heard in machine gun succession as several males display within their courts at the lek |