Sunday, September 11, 2011

Mystery bird: Crimson-hooded manakin, Pipra aureola

In this passage there was a trivia on a mystery bird. This trivia taught me about the animal and what it does for attention. The crimson-hooded manakin “lives subtropical or tropical swamps along the coasts… throughout Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.” Unlike the female, the male crimson-hooded manakin is brighter than the female. In order to get the female’s attention the males dance in a group. The females then choose the male by the dance moves and plumage colors.
                     

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