Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei) female feeding on mosquitoes while in nest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Wire-tailed Manikin (Pipra filicauda) males in display perch, Amazon rainforest, Peru

Claus Meyer / Swallow-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) male portrait, Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil

Konrad Wothe / Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) pair of males dancing, Tobago, West Indies

Konrad Wothe / Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) adult and immature male dancing, Tobago, West Indies

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda) male displaying from perch in Amazon rainforest, Peru

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola), Guyana

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Swallow-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) male, Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil

Thomas Marent / White-bearded Manakin (Manacus manacus) male, Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia

Robin Chittenden / White-bearded manakin (Manacus manacus) perched, Trinidad and Tobago.

Cyril Ruoso / Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala) male in courtship display, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Cyril Ruoso / Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala) pair courting, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Cyril Ruoso / Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala) pair courting, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Cyril Ruoso / Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala) pair courting, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Cyril Ruoso / Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala) male, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Blue manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) male, captive, from South America

Murray Cooper / Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) male, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) pair of males dancing, Tobago, West Indies

Konrad Wothe / Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) pair of males dancing, Tobago, West Indies

Nick Garbutt / Red-capped manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis) male, displaying at lek site in rainforest, Boca Topada, Costa Rica.

Nick Garbutt / Two Red-capped manakins (Ceratopipra mentalis) male, displaying at lek site in rainforest, Boca Topada, Costa Rica.

Ugo Mellone / White-bearded manakin (Manacus manacus abditivus) perched in tree, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

Daniel Mideros / White-collared manakin (Manacus candei) male performing dancing display. The bird lands on a branch repeatedly while it enters and leaves frame. Alajuela, Costa Rica. January.

Daniel Mideros / White-collared manakin (Manacus candei) male displaying. The bird enters frame and lands on a branch. Then the animal looks around before it takes off and leaves the frame. Alajuela, Costa Rica. Janua...

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / White-collared manakin (Manacus candei) female, head portrait, from the wild, Tapir Valley, Costa Rica.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / White-collared manakin (Manacus candei) female, portrait, from the wild, Tapir Valley, Costa Rica.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Crimson-hooded manakin (Pipra aureola) male, head portrait, Walsrode Bird Park, Germany. Captive, occurs in South America.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / White-bearded manakin (Manacus manacus) male, portrait, Walsrode Bird Park, Germany. Captive, occurs in South America.

Nick Garbutt / Red-capped manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis) male, calling and displaying at lek site in rainforest, Boca Topada, Costa Rica.

Roman Willi / Orange-collared manakin (Manacus aurantiacus) male, perched on branch, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Lucas Bustamante / Club-winged manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus) male, courtship display at lek, Choco rainforest, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Club-winged manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus) male, courtship display at lek, Choco rainforest, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Tim Laman / White-crowned manakin (Dixiphia pipra) male, sitting on a territorial calling perch stretching its wing, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.

Tim Laman / Pair of Club-winged manakins (Machaeropterus deliciosus) perched on branch, male performing courtship behaviour and calling, Milpe Cloudforest Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Claudio Contreras / Long tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis), Finca Arroyo Negro, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, southern Mexico, April

David Pattyn / Red-capped Manakin (Pipra mentalis) couple in a tree Corcovado national park, Osa peninsula July