Manakin (Manakins)
Red-capped Manakin
Ceratopipra mentalis
- epik
- 48 km/h
- Risiko rendah
The male moonwalks. Literally. Backward-shuffles along a branch faster than the eye can track to impress females.
- Populasi
- Not quantified; no global mature-individual estimate is published, though there has been a past population reduction and a continuing decline in mature individuals, with the species nonetheless assessed as Least Concern across its Central American and north-western South American range
- Habitat
- Humid tropical/subtropical evergreen and semideciduous lowland forest, tall second growth, and thickets; also visits forest edges, clearings, and scrubby areas. Occurs mostly below 400-500 m elevation, occasionally up to ~900 m.
- Fakta menarik
- Male Red-capped Manakins court females with a rapid backward "moonwalk" slide along their display perch — one of the most famous courtship dances in the bird world.
- Sebaran
- Southeastern Mexico south through Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) to the Pacific slope of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador; the only red-headed manakin species found in Central America or west of the Andes in South America.
- Makanan
- Primarily frugivorous, feeding almost exclusively on small fruits/berries from roughly 70 plant species (confirmed genera include Clidemia, Hampea, Henriettea, Leandra, Miconia, Ossaea, Pinzona, and Psychotria); fruit passes through the gut in under 18 minutes. Occasionally takes small arthropods.
- Ukuran
- 0,1 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
