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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，以复杂精致的求偶炫耀行为、非一夫一妻制的交配体系以及显著的性二态性为典型特征。该类群因此成为研究性选择的理想实验模型。本研究报道了4种娇鹟的基因组组装结果，涉及物种分别为Cryptopipo holochlora、Dixiphia pipra、Machaeropterus deliciosus与Masius chrysopterus，所有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。组装后的基因组大小介于1.10 Gb至1.19 Gb之间，平均scaffold N50为27 Mb，平均contig N50为168 Kb。平均而言，9.35%的基因组区域被注释为重复序列元件，在上述基因组中共注释得到12047个蛋白质编码基因。本研究进一步鉴定得到约75 Mb的Z连锁序列，4个供试基因组的该类序列各包含583至602个基因。上述娇鹟基因组数据将为深入解析该类群的进化历史与性选择机制提供重要支撑。