Curl-crested manucode

The curl-crested manucode (Manucodia comrii) is a large bird of paradise, about 43 cm long, with glossy purple, black and green plumage, red iris and crinkled yellowish-green upper breast and neck feathers. It has curled head feathering and twisted central tail feathers. It is the largest species in its family,[2] though its tail is shorter than the black sicklebill.

Curl-crested manucode
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Illustration of Manucodia comrii
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Manucodia
Species:
M. comrii
Binomial name
Manucodia comrii
Sclater, 1876

It is found in the Trobriand Islands and islands of the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago. This species is also one of the largest and heaviest among birds of paradise. They eat fruits.

The British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater named this species after Peter Comrie, who discovered the bird at Fergusson Island in 1874.

Curl-crested Manucode Media

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Manucodia comrii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Perrins, Christopher, Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. Firefly Books. ISBN 1-55297-777-3