Like most (possibly all) of the Chiroxiphia Manakins, the males join forces to produce a dancing team at a favoured site. The male birds at these leks cooperate but only the dominant male mates with the females; the subordinate males are essentially apprentices.
Image taken at Heliconias Lodge, Bijagua, Costa Rica
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