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The long-tailed manakin (''Chiroxiphia linearis'') is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest. Large for a manakin, the long-tailed measures about long and weighs .〔 The male is mostly a rich black. This is contrasted by a bright red crown and legs. The back is bright blue. The two central tail feathers are narrow and greatly elongated. The female is olive green, paler below and on the chin and throat. Some females have a small amount of red in the crown.〔 It closely resembles the lance-tailed manakin (''C. lanceolata''), the blue-backed manakin (''C. pareola''), the swallow-tailed manakin (''C. caudata''), and the Yungas manakin (''C. boliviana''), which all have the same red crown and blue back. There is, however, no overlap in range with these four species.〔 The manakin species are very interesting in their family life. Long-tailed manakin males form a long-term partnership duo or trio. Together they sing in synchrony and, for any female who is attracted by their singing, perform a complex coordinated courtship dance. If she mates, only the alpha male inseminates her. Among many displaying male partnerships in a locality (a dispersed lek), only one or a very few males may account for the vast majority of matings in a given breeding season. As in other lekking species, the female then builds the nest and raises the young without involvement by males.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Long-tailed manakin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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