| The rather plainly colored female manakins are considerably more difficult to identify than their flashy and energetic male counterparts. Nonetheless, one can be sure that wherever there are male manakins jumping around like idiots, there is a female observing quietly in the wings. I'm fairly certain the bird pictured here is a female Blue-crowned Manakin, as it is a brighter green than the similar female Red-capped. Not to mention, I recall seeing a Blue-crowned Manakin in the vicinity when I captured the image below, in front of the Canopy Tower of Panama, in September, 2004. |
| I enjoyed an outstanding look at this foraging and vocalizing female Blue-crowned Manakin on the Plantation Trail, at the base of Semaphore Hill, in September of 2006. No male manakin was in sight, so this undistracted female entertained me for several minutes as she perched in a nearby branch, twittering away as she devoured what appeared to be a small berry. |
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