Natural History Wanderings

The Red-capped Manakin is a tropical bird species found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Panama.  It moves faster than a hummingbird. Here is a video of researcher Kim Bostwick using a high speed video camera (500 frames per second versus the traditional 30 frames per second) that shows how the Manakins make high pitched sound with their wings and best of all their mating dance that includes a Michael Jackson-like Moonwalk: Moonwalking Bird