Trumpet manucode
The trumpet manucode (Phonygammus keraudrenii) is species of bird in the family Paradisaeidae.
Trumpet manucode | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Phonygammus (Lesson & Garnot, 1826) |
Species: | P. keraudrenii |
Binomial name | |
Phonygammus keraudrenii (Lesson & Garnot, 1826) | |
Synonyms | |
Manucodia keraudrenii |
The trumpet manucode is named after its powerful and loud trumpeting calls. The scientific name commemorates the French Navy physician Pierre François Keraudren (1769-1858).
The trumpet manucode is widely distributed throughout lowland rainforests of New Guinea, northern Cape York Peninsula, the Aru Islands, and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, though certain subspecies are geographically distinct. This species is monogamous.
Widespread and common throughout its large habitat range, the trumpet manucode is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
Description
The trumpet manucode is approximately 31 cm long. It has elongated horn-like head tufts and loose neck feathers. The plumage is of an iridescent blackish glossed blue, green and purple. It has a red iris, long coiled trachea, and blackish bill, mouth and legs. The female resembles the male, but is smaller in size and duller in color.
Some of the subspecies vary slightly among themselves, most notably in size and iridescence color.
Diet
The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods.
Subspecies
- Phonygammus keraudrenii adelberti
- Phonygammus keraudrenii aruensis
- Phonygammus keraudrenii diamondi
- Phonygammus keraudrenii gouldii
- Phonygammus keraudrenii hunsteini
- Phonygammus keraudrenii jamesi
- Phonygammus keraudrenii keraudrenii
- Phonygammus keraudrenii mayri
- Phonygammus keraudrenii neumanni
- Phonygammus keraudrenii purpureoviolacea
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Manucodia keraudrenii'". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Clench, Mary H. 1978. Tracheal Elongation in Birds-of-Paradise. Condor 80 (4): 423–430.
External links
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