This is a species which even non-birders flock to see when they are lekking. A lek is a communal location where all the males of a species go to compete and display for the chance to mate with females that come to watch. This normally shy species becomes super aggressive and showy when its time to breed. We visited this lek in Jardin, Colombia as a kind of grande finale to my second trip to Colombia. I had visions in my head of a bird blind set up in the woods, but it turned out to be someone's back yard in the center of Jardin with open viewing platforms and tons of tourists everywhere.
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