A video clip of the bird, the Club-winged Manakin, displaying in a
lek, can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMetl4ekRIQ
Carl Clifford
On 14/11/2009, at 10:10 AM, L&L Knight wrote:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091113123846.htm
Resonating Feathers Produce Courtship Song In Rare Bird
ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Four years ago, a Cornell researcher
reported a bizarre example of sexual selection in a rare South
American bird: The male attracts the female by rubbing specialized
wing feathers -- more than 100 cycles per second -- to create a high
hum, similar to a sustained violin
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