Marvel at the Club-winged Manakin as he “sings with his wings” to attract a mate. By clapping his wings together at a rate of 107 beats a second (visible only in slow-motion video), he creates the loud, clear musical note G in much the same way a violin bow rubs against a string. Courtesy of The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York

Club-winged Manakin “singing with his wings” to attract a mate
The Field Museum