Wire-tailed Manakin

Wire-tailed ManakinMales court with long, wire-like tail feathers. Male breeding behavior has been studied in lowland Amazonian forest in southern Venezuela.What does it look like?Adult males have long, wire-like tail feathers, while females and immatures are mostly dull olive-green.How does it live?Males court with long, wire-like tail feathers. Male breeding behavior has been studied in lowland Amazonian forest in southern Venezuela.Males display at leks and may brush a female or another male with their long tail feathers.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.