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Machaeropterus

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Pipridae.

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  • Similar to how a cricket chirps by rubbing together sound-making apparatus in its hind legs, male club-winged manakins (Machaeropterus deliciosus) use specially adapted feathers in each wing to make a violinlike hum, a Cornell University animal behaviorist Kimberly Bostwick writes in Science magazine (July 29, 2005).

    Science 2005

  • The songbird (Machaeropterus deliciosus) uses these feathers for stridulation, a rubbing mechanism commonly used by insects such as crickets.

    unknown title 2009

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