Remarkable Dancing Red-capped Manakin Bird from the PBS Nature documentary Deep Jungle - New Frontiers.
To attract a mate, this colorful Central & South American bird of the Pipridae family shuffles backward and sideways along a twig in a way reminiscent of Michael Jackson moonwalking.
The Red-capped Manakin also produces non-vocal sounds as a part of its mating display using its wings. One is made by the wings alone, another by brushing the tips of the primaries rapidly against its raised and spread tail, and a third by striking the surface of its wing against the side of the body and the thigh.
