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Manakins represent a family of small suboscine passerine birds characterized by their elaborate courtship displays, non-monogamous mating system, and sexual dimorphism. This family thus serve as a good model for the study of sexual selection. Here we present the genome assemblies of four manakin species (<em>Cryptopipo holochlora, Dixiphia pipra, Machaeropterus deliciosus</em> and <em>Masius chrysopterus</em>) generated by Single tube-Long Fragment Read (stLFR) technology. The assembly lengths ranged from 1.10 Gb to 1.19 Gb, with average scaffold N50 of 27 Mb and contig N50 of 168 Kb. On average, 9.35% genome region was annotated as repetitive elements, and 12,047 protein-coding genes were annotated in the genomes. We further identified about 75 Mb Z-linked sequences, which contained 583 to 602 genes in each of the four genomes. These manakin genomes will contribute to a deeper understanding of evolutionary history and sexual selection in these species.

娇鹟（Manakins）是一类小型亚鸣禽雀形目鸟类，以其复杂精致的求偶展示行为、非一夫一妻制的交配系统以及显著的性二态性为典型特征，因此成为研究性选择的优良模型类群。本研究报道了4种娇鹟的基因组组装结果，分别为*Cryptopipo holochlora*、*Dixiphia pipra*、*Machaeropterus deliciosus*与*Masius chrysopterus*，其基因组组装均采用单管长片段读取（Single tube-Long Fragment Read, stLFR）技术完成。本次组装的基因组大小介于1.10 Gb至1.19 Gb之间，平均支架N50（scaffold N50）为27 Mb，平均重叠群N50（contig N50）为168 Kb；平均有9.35%的基因组区域被注释为重复序列，四个基因组中共注释得到12047个蛋白质编码基因。本研究进一步鉴定了约75 Mb的Z染色体连锁序列，每个基因组中该区域包含583至602个蛋白质编码基因。上述娇鹟基因组将为深入理解该类群的演化历史与性选择机制提供重要支撑。