| Manucodes | |
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| File:Manucodia keraudrenii bis by Bowdler Sharpe.png | |
| Trumpet Manucode (Manucodia keraudrenii) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Infraorder: | Corvida |
| Superfamily: | Corvoidea |
| Family: | Paradisaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Phonygamminae |
| Genus: | Manucodia Boddaert, 1783 |
Manucodes (Manucodia) are a genus of five medium-sized birds-of-paradise with black-glossed purple and green plumages.
Distributed in the lowland forests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, members of this genus are monogamous and sexually monomorphic.[1]
The the name Manucodia is from Javanese "manuk dewata"; "manuk" means bird and "dewata" means gods. Manucodia is a genus in the family Paradisaeidae.
Species[]
- Glossy-mantled Manucode, Manucodia atra
- Jobi Manucode, Manucodia jobiensis
- Crinkle-collared Manucode, Manucodia chalybata
- Curl-crested Manucode, Manucodia comrii
The Trumpet Manucode is in the genus Phonygammus:
- Trumpet Manucode, Phonygammus keraudrenii
References[]
- ^ Firth, Clifford B.; Firth, Dawn W. (2009), "Family Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David, Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14, Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 404–459, ISBN 978-84-96553-50-7
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