Blue-backed Manakin - Chiroxiphia pareola

Manakin tijé

Blue-backed Manakin male adult breeding
These amazing wee birds dance at a lek which is owned by the senior male. The younger males at the lek dance cooperatively with him but only he mates with the females. The younger males serve apprenticeships may one day inherit the old man's lek dominance.
Copy forbidden without prior authorization. © Steve Garvie

The species

Classification

Order  : Passériformes
Family : Pipridae
Species : Blue-backed Manakin


specie's pictures

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The picture

O.Net ref. : stga49664
Author :
Gender : ♂
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2006 Jul
Country : Trinidad and Tobago (td)
Region : Ward of Tobago
Place : Grafton Grafton
Lat. : 11° 10' 17'' North
Lng. : 60° 46' 18'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]

Model : Canon 1D mkII
Exposure : 1/125s s
aperture : f5.6
Focal length : 700 mm
Iso : 400
Flash : no