Cooperative courtship display in Long-tailed Manakins Chiroxiphia linearis: predictors of courtship success revealed through full characterization of display

Lukianchuk, Katrina C.; Doucet, Stéphanie M.

doi:10.1007/s10336-014-1059-3

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“…The ‘cheewee ’ calls were similar to the ‘wit ’ of Long‐tailed Manakin (Trainer & McDonald ), whereas the ‘ wrang ’ call was similar to the ‘ nraawnraawnraaw ’ call of Lance‐tailed Manakin (DuVal ) and the ‘ nyanyownh ’ of Long‐tailed Manakin (Trainer & McDonald ). The ‘eek ’ call has been reported in Lance‐tailed Manakin, also as ‘ eek ’ (DuVal ) and in Long‐tailed Manakin, as a ‘ weent ’ (Slud , Turner & McDonald , Lukianchuk & Doucet ).…”

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Display behaviour, social organization and vocal repertoire of Blue‐backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola napensis in northwest Amazonia

Cárdenas‐Posada

Cadena

Blake

et al. 2017

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Members of the avian family Pipridae (manakins) have served as a model system for studies aimed at understanding cooperation among individuals, traits involved in sexual selection and the evolution of female preferences. These studies rely on a detailed natural history baseline, yet multiple manakin taxa remain unstudied, precluding comparative analyses and assessment of geographical variation. The Blue‐backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola is a widely distributed species with four recognized subspecies; however, most published information on display behaviour, social organization and vocalizations are derived from an island population of one subspecies, Chiroxiphia pareola atlantica. To describe the social organization and patterns of activity of the subspecies C. p. napensis, we studied a population in eastern Ecuador and collected data from seven display areas or leks within the Tiputini Biodiversity Station. We used focal observations, camera traps and automatic song recorders to collect information for the field seasons from January to March 2013 and video cameras from February to March 2014. Males were active most of the day with a peak in activity at noon. Display areas were occupied by one to five males, ranging from > 2 to > 18 years old. The vocal repertoire included duet song displays and a variety of calls. We provide sonograms for all six observed vocalizations, including two previously unrecorded vocalizations for the species, and comment on the possible behavioural context of each vocalization. We describe five distinct display elements and the dance display behaviour, and highlight differences relative to other species of the genus. The first part of the dance display involved cooperative dancing, whereas the second part was a solo display, usually performed by alpha males. Our work reveals some differences between C. p. napensis and C. p. atlantica, such as a possible aggressive interaction between males of different ages and hierarchical status that has not been reported before and the apparent absence of mechanical wing sounds in C. p. napensis. The data reported here help advance our knowledge of the evolution of display behaviour among manakins.

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Display behaviour, social organization and vocal repertoire of Blue‐backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola napensis in northwest Amazonia

Cárdenas‐Posada

Cadena

Blake

et al. 2017

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“…). Buzz–weents are often present, but not necessary in the courtship display to elicit copulations from females (Lukianchuk & Doucet ). Perhaps long‐tailed manakins use display elements such as the buzz–weent in addition to other dominance behaviours to easily enforce and maintain established dominance hierarchies in the absence of females.…”

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“…Long‐tailed manakins exhibit a behaviour (and an accompanying vocalization) called the buzz–weent, which is part of the courtship display but is also considered to be an aggressive behaviour, displayed only by dominant males towards subordinates (McDonald ). The buzz–weent occurs at the end of a hopping bout (Trainer & McDonald ; Lukianchuk & Doucet ). The subordinate male remains crouched on the perch while the dominant male performs a final leap into the air followed by a sharp arc down past the perch to land on a nearby branch while emitting the buzz–weent vocalization.…”

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A Young Manakin Knows His Place: Evidence for an Age‐Graded Dominance Hierarchy Among Long‐Tailed Manakins

Lukianchuk

Doucet

2014

Ethology

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In lek‐breeding systems where many males gather at display sites, males benefit from the establishment of dominance hierarchies to reduce intrasexual aggression and the associated risk of injuries. Long‐tailed manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis) exhibit an exploded lek‐breeding system wherein the two top‐ranking males at each display site team up to perform elaborate coordinated courtship displays for females. Young males undergo delayed plumage maturation whereby they acquire distinct pre‐definitive plumage patterns each year until they attain definitive plumage in their fifth year. This unique characteristic is thought to have evolved as a status‐signalling mechanism to aid in the establishment of an age‐graded dominance hierarchy in which older males are dominant to younger males. Previous research has shown evidence for such a dominance hierarchy among alpha and beta males; however, the presence of this hierarchy among males of other age classes has never been quantified. In this study, we investigated the presence of an age‐graded dominance hierarchy by determining whether older males direct more aggressive behaviours towards younger males. We also investigated whether status signalling is less clear within age classes than between age classes, by determining whether males within the same age class exhibit more aggression towards each other. We found that older males performed aggressive behaviours towards younger males much more frequently than younger males performed aggressive behaviours towards older males. We also found that some aggressive interactions occurred between males within the same age class more frequently than between males from different age classes. Our study provides some evidence for an age‐graded dominance hierarchy among male long‐tailed manakins of all age classes and also provides some support for the status‐signalling hypothesis. However, further research is needed to conclusively establish the presence of a linear dominance hierarchy among younger male manakins. This research may help us better understand the evolution of complex hierarchical systems in animals.

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“…Manakins comprise a diverse clade of small frugivorous birds that contains 42-57 species (depending on taxonomic classification) distributed across the Neotropics (Prum, 1990;Rêgo et al, 2007;Ohlson et al, 2013). Males of most species court females within leks using elaborate colours, strange and unique sounds, and stereotyped movements (Prum, 1990(Prum, , 1998Endler and Thery, 1996;Durães, 2009;Kirwan and Green, 2011;Lukianchuk and Doucet, 2014). Males in the genus Lepidothrix display bright colours on their crown and rump feathers (Fig.…”

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Manakins can produce iridescent and bright feather colours without melanosomes

Igic

D’Alba

Shawkey

2016

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Males of many species often use colourful and conspicuous ornaments to attract females. Among these, male manakins (family: Pipridae) provide classic examples of sexual selection favouring the evolution of bright and colourful plumage coloration. The highly iridescent feather colours of birds are most commonly produced by the periodic arrangement of melanin-containing organelles (melanosomes) within barbules. Melanin increases the saturation of iridescent colours seen from optimal viewing angles by absorbing back-scattered light; however, this may reduce the wide-angle brightness of these signals, contributing to a dark background appearance. We examined the nanostructure of four manakin species (Lepidothrix isidorei, L. iris, L. nattereri and L. coeruleocapilla) to identify how they produce their bright plumage colours. Feather barbs of all four species were characterized by dense and fibrous internal spongy matrices that likely increase scattering of light within the barb. The iridescent, yet pale or whitish colours of L. iris and L. nattereri feathers were produced not by periodically arranged melanosomes within barbules, but by periodic matrices of air and β-keratin within barbs. Lepidothrix iris crown feathers were able to produce a dazzling display of colours with small shifts in viewing geometry, likely because of a periodic nanostructure, a flattened barb morphology and disorder at a microstructural level. We hypothesize that iridescent plumage ornaments of male L. iris and L. nattereri are under selection to increase brightness or luminance across wide viewing angles, which may potentially increase their detectability by females during dynamic and fast-paced courtship displays in dim light environments.

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Cooperative courtship display in Long-tailed Manakins Chiroxiphia linearis: predictors of courtship success revealed through full characterization of display

Cited by 22 publications

References 53 publications

Display behaviour, social organization and vocal repertoire of Blue‐backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola napensis in northwest Amazonia

Display behaviour, social organization and vocal repertoire of Blue‐backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola napensis in northwest Amazonia

A Young Manakin Knows His Place: Evidence for an Age‐Graded Dominance Hierarchy Among Long‐Tailed Manakins

Manakins can produce iridescent and bright feather colours without melanosomes

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