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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