| 单词 | manakin |
| 例句 | These include the collared aracari, a small toucan-like bird, with a yellow chest and enormous beak, as well as several members of the manakin family — small brightly colored forest birds known for elaborate courtship dances. Farms with natural landscape features provide sanctuary for some Costa Rica rainforest birds 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Back in the sampling tent, the scientists tweezed clumps of the manakin's breast feathers to be sent for analysis, before the bird is returned unharmed to the wild. Insight: Amazon rainforest gold mining is poisoning scores of threatened species 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z It was a male striolated manakin, with a little green puff of a body and a proud red crest. Searching for Bird Life in a Former ‘Ocean of Forest’ 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “If manakins were human, they would be among the greatest artists, athletes, and socialites in our society,” says Ignacio Moore, an integrative organismal biologist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The manakins are a family of birds best known for elaborate, ricocheting, moonwalking courtship displays, with the exception of the black manakin. A Bird's-Eye View of Communication 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z He was astonished to find that the source was a male club-winged manakin, a small cinnamon-bodied species with a red cap and black-and-white mottled wings. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Opal-crowned manakins wear an iridescent toupee, evocative of a unicorn’s mane. The Strange Origin of a Manakin’s Golden Crown 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The club-winged manakin, for instance, is a species from the Ecuadorian Andes that “sings” by rubbing its wings together at high frequencies. Opinion | Can female preferences shape male behavior? In scientific terms, probably. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The work offers “a better understanding of why manakins do all the amazing things that they do,” says Emily DuVal, a behavioral ecologist at Florida State University. The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z In the case of both the manakin and the finch, although their displays initially appear simple and uninteresting to humans, females of the species pay close attention to male displays. A Bird's-Eye View of Communication 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z In 1984, he began graduate studies in biology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he planned to reconstruct the evolutionary history of manakins through careful comparisons of anatomy and behavior. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Snow-capped manakins are topped with bright glacial patches. The Strange Origin of a Manakin’s Golden Crown 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z While other species of birds have hollow bones, the club-winged manakins have solid ulnas that help enhance the sound production of their wing songs. Opinion | Can female preferences shape male behavior? In scientific terms, probably. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The researchers learned that the genes coding for a savory taste receptor began to change even before manakins became fruit eaters. The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z You describe the wing sounds of manakin birds during courtship as “like feedback from an elfin guitar.” Why It Matters Who Females Choose to Have Sex With 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z The manakin was jumping around in a showy manner that suggested he was courting females. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z And members of the hybrid species, the golden-crowned manakin, display a burst of yellow to match their bellies. The Strange Origin of a Manakin’s Golden Crown 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z And the way male manakins leap around and snap their wings to attract the attention of females is truly challenging. A Manakin Challenge for Researchers 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z In the manakin genomes, 57 elements showed slight differences from the matching sequences in other species; those changes might alter the activity of the genes they regulate. The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The male club-winged manakin makes these harmonic sounds through stridulation, rather like a cricket. Why It Matters Who Females Choose to Have Sex With 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z After graduating from Harvard in 1982, Prum traveled to Suriname to study manakins, a family of intensely colored birds that compete for mates with high-pitched songs and gymnastic dance routines. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Dr. Barrera-Guzmán’s team suspects that the first male mixes between snow-capped and opal-crowned manakins bore this dull tuft, an intermediate between the white and iridescent caps of their forebears. The Strange Origin of a Manakin’s Golden Crown 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z For the experiment they caught and tested young manakins, male and female, and took them to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. A Manakin Challenge for Researchers 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Both genes are less active in manakins than in zebra finches, Wirthlin reported—a change that might help male manakins cope with the visual demands of their frenetic dances. The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z In order to make sounds, the wing bones of the male manakin have been transformed into a structure serving both flight, as in all birds, but also attracting a mate—to sing a song. Why It Matters Who Females Choose to Have Sex With 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Female manakins have inherited related anomalies as well. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The club-winged manakin, which lives in the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador, performs a mate-attracting song by rubbing its wings together. Bird sings song with heavy wings 2012-06-16T00:02:06Z A scientist at Cornell University suspected there were odd bones under those strange feathers, so she teamed up with colleagues to do computed-tomography scans of the manakin and some close relatives. Video: Solid Bones, Sexy Songs 2012-06-13T00:01:00Z His genomic analysis suggested that the activity of genes involved in muscle metabolism and growth changed early in manakin evolution, yielding more powerful muscles. The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z They are not solid, but they are 3-4 times wider than wing bones of closely related species of manakin. Why It Matters Who Females Choose to Have Sex With 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z At the time, Prum had not fully developed his evolutionary theory of beauty, but he immediately suspected that the club-winged manakin was emblematic of nature’s capacity for pushing creatures to aesthetic extremes. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Her footage, along with analysis of the diminutive bird's anatomy, showed that manakins knock their wings together more than 100 times per second in order to sing. Bird sings song with heavy wings 2012-06-16T00:02:06Z To attract females, male manakins bat their wings together at about 107 times per second, generating a whine that recalls a dentist’s drill. South American bird does the moonwalk as part of its mating dance 2012-05-07T15:58:15Z The manakins’ performance involves more than sound and movement—in some species it’s a social act as well, coordinated among as many as 20 males. The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The remaining fifty-nine were all passerine birds, of which there were eight each of the families of flycatchers, manakins, and cotingas. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z A small male bird called a golden-collared manakin performs a difficult, elaborate, physically demanding courtship dance. The Spectacular Courtship Dance of a Tiny Bird 2011-06-06T18:35:00Z Of the genus Pipra one: the blue and yellow manakin, not common in Yucatan. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. Among birds a low type of Passeres, characterised by the absence of the singing muscles, is excessively prevalent, the enormous groups of the ant-thrushes, tyrants, tree-creepers, manakins, and chatterers belonging to it. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Dazzling as the manakins’ displays are, researchers are just as awed by their intricate genetic underpinnings. The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The glory of all was the opal-crowned manakin, a midget in green coat and sulphur waistcoat, with a cap of scaly, iridescent, silvery mother-of-pearl plates, in no way akin to feathers. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z In new research, life scientists report that female golden-collared manakins select mates based on subtle differences in motor performance during these dances. The Spectacular Courtship Dance of a Tiny Bird 2011-06-06T18:35:00Z About the size of a pigeon, it belongs to the tribe of the diminutive manakins, most of which have beautiful and curious plumage. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Ah, the blowpipe is a wonderful instrument; it will serve to kill anything, from a big tapir or a fierce jaguar or puma, down to the smallest manakin or humming-bird.” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco I stood with a tanager in one hand, a lovely manakin in the other, thinking. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas When I encounter one of these people some fine day in a hotel, I act like the birds, who see a manakin in a field. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories The manakin's cappie being by this time again full, he began to walk off, but the miller gave him a whack with his stick, and then ran again to his hiding-place. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century Next to the manakins, are the Indian, African, and American caterpillar eaters; the Malabar and African shrikes; and in the two last cases of the tooth-beaked group, are placed the true butcher-birds and bush shrikes. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits The birds I had caught were found to be manakins and tiger-birds. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco The prettiest bird was a tiny manakin, coal-black, with a red-and-orange head. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The plumes worn by the Guipunaves* are the most celebrated; being composed of the fine feathers of manakins and parrots. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 After a time, he was surprised to see the hopper beginning to go, and, looking up, he saw a little manakin holding a little cappie in his hand and filling it at the hopper. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century The miller was so frightened that this time he let him go; but, in a few minutes, the manakin returned again with his cappie. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century Among them were several species of trogons and little bristle-tailed manakins. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco To which the manakin, without being apparently disturbed, replied, "My name is Self, and what's your name?" Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century |
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