 Relative to other manakin species, male ownership of log, and log use from year to year are relatively dynamic with ~40% of them turning over between years at one site .The female lays two brown-speckled white eggs in a shallow cup nest 5–7 m high in a horizontal tree fork.Nest-building, incubation for 18–21 days, and care of the young are undertaken by the female alone, since manakins do not form stable pairs.