Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes magnificus) [XC40379]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, Papua, Indonesia (call)
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes magnificus) [XC324604]
by Ross Gallardy from Anji Valley nr Mt Hagen Enga province, Papua New Guinea (call, voices)
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.