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blue-backed manakin

bird
Also known as: Chiroxiphia pareola
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    Two or more male blue-backed manakins (Chiroxiphia pareola) perform an intricate circular dance; momentarily afoot and in the air among two sloping branches, they move together like a rotating fireworks wheel. The long-tailed manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis) of Costa Rica perform their dances on a horizontal perch in the understory…

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    Two or more male blue-backed manakins (Chiroxiphia pareola) perform an intricate circular dance; momentarily afoot and in the air among two sloping branches, they move together like a rotating fireworks wheel. The long-tailed manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis) of Costa Rica perform their dances on a horizontal perch in the understory…

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