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An experienced dancer

One of the aspects about a bird's life we can learn through banding is longevity.

Uno de los aspectos de la vida de las aves que podemos aprender a través del anillamiento es la longevidad.

This morning we were excited to find this particular White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera) in one of our nets. His band reads A09411. Checking back in our database we found out we banded him in 2015 as an adult male. This means he is now more than five years old!

Esta mañana nos emocionó atrapar de nuevo a este White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera) en una de las redes. Su anillo es el A09411. Revisando la base de datos encontramos que anillamos a este macho por primera vez en 2015 como un adulto ya ¡lo que significa que tiene al menos 5 años!

He was molting heavily as you can see in the second photo. Another interesting characteristic about his wing is the modified, very slender, outer primary feather which is used by the males to make a loud snapping sound during the courtship dance.

Estaba mudando fuertemente, como puede notarse en la segunda foto. Otra característica interesante sobre las de este saltarín es su angosta pluma externa primaria modificada que usan los machos para emitir un fuerte chasquido durante el cortejo.





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