Manucode
Genus of birds
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Manucodes are birds-of-paradise in the genus Manucodia that are medium-sized with black-glossed purple and green plumages.
| Manucode | |
|---|---|
| |
| Curl-crested manucode, (Manucodia comrii) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradisaeidae |
| Genus: | Manucodia Boddaert, 1783 |
| Type species | |
| Manucodia chalybea[1] Boddaert, 1783 | |
The members of this genus are distributed in the lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands. They are monogamous and sexually monomorphic,[2] in contrast to most birds-of-paradise.
The genus was introduced by the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert in 1783 for a single species, the crinkle-collared manucode (Manucodia chalybatus). This is now the type species.[3][4] The genus name is a contracted form of Manucodiata that had been used in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson for a group of birds-of-paradise.[5][6] The word is derived from the Old Javanese Manuk meaning "birds" and dewata meaning "of the gods".[6]
The genus contains four species.[7]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glossy-mantled manucode | Manucodia ater | lowlands of New Guinea and nearby islands | |
| Jobi manucode | Manucodia jobiensis | lowland forests of Jobi Island and northern New Guinea | |
| Crinkle-collared manucode | Manucodia chalybatus | New Guinea and Misool Island of West Papua. | |
| Curl-crested manucode | Manucodia comrii | Papua New Guinea, | |
