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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
29/03/2024 12:04:57 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise*
Id (Atlas):
Cicinnurus magnificus
Description (10 )
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise
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Other Names (World)
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise,
Family
Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise)
Size
26 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Pennant, 1781)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.
Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)... )
Listen to XC496987
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes magnificus ) [XC496987 ]
by Iain Woxvold from Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, Papua, Indonesia (call)
Listen to XC40376
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes magnificus ) [XC40376 ]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, Papua, Indonesia (call)
Subspecies
Present species and Wilson's Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus respublica ) sometimes separated from King Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius ) in genus Diphyllodes . Hybridization with King Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius ) and, intergenerically, with Lesser Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor ) recorded.
Proposed subspecies intermedius (described from upper Setekwa R, in Snow Mts) synonymized with chrysopterus .
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
magnificus (Pennant, 1781) - West Papuan Is (Salawati) and north-western New Guinea (northern and eastern Vogelkop, Wandammen Peninsula and Onin Peninsula).
chrysopterus Elliot, DG, 1873 - Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay) and western and central New Guinea east to mountains of Jimi R and Sepik-Wahgi Divide, also Adelbert Range.
hunsteini Meyer, AB, 1885 - Eastern and south-eastern New Guinea from upper Fly R region (eastern along southern scarp of central Cordillera), Wahgi region and Huon Peninsula.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Magnificent Bird-of-paradise see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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