The word 'manakin' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun that refers to a small, brightly-colored bird found in Central and South America, or a highly detailed and realistic statue of a human or animal. Example: The jungle was alive with the calls of birds, including the striking red-and-blue manakin, known for its elaborate courtship dance.
The seed coat is scratched, or scarified, during passage through the digestive tract of the manakin.
Once a female manakin selects a mate, she constructs a small shallow, cupped nest near the ground.
For the South American manakins (family Pipridae), see manakin.
The club-winged manakin has feathers that whistle prettily when rubbed together, but they're not much good at flying.
PAGE A6 A Winged Violin, All Aflutter The male club-winged manakin is the only bird known to sing with its wings.
More entertaining, though, was the white-bearded manakin's lek.
Until recently, manakins were considered an independent family (Pipridae) of birds related to the cotingas (see Cotingidae).
The passerine syrinx exists in four basic types: Unspecialized: relatively little modification of the tracheobronchial region; few, if any, cartilaginous specializations, and no intrinsic muscles; found in broadbills (Eurylaimidae), pittas (Pittidae), New Zealand wrens, asities (Philepittidae), plantcutters, most cotingas, and a few manakins and tyrant flycatchers.
Intermediate tracheobronchial: various modifications of cartilages and membranes; one or two pairs of intrinsic muscles; pessulus present or absent; found in the sharpbill (Oxyruncus) and most manakins and tyrant flycatchers.
In mature tropical forests, manakins frequently constitute nearly one-third of all birds present.
In this arrangement, "true" manakins consist of fewer genera (11), with the genus Pipra containing the largest number of species.
