| Male golden-collared manakins clear leaf litter from the ground to form courts, which they then use as arenas for intense courtship displays. |
| Other species, such as thrushes and manakins, usually regurgitate the largest seeds they ingest. |
| Males of over half of the species of manakins produce startling sounds with their wings during courtship displays. |
| But rather than hovering for a drink, manakins generate finger-snap clicks to entice females. |
| Levey found that smaller seed size resulted in an increase in number of fruits that could be eaten by manakins, which mainly swallow fruit whole. |
| The manakins vibrate their wings at more than 100 cycles per second, twice the speed of hummingbirds. |
