Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes magnificus) [XC445141]
by Peter Ericsson from Tanah Rubu, Manokwari Regency, West Papua, Indonesia (call, song)
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes magnificus) [XC823394]
by Frank Lambert from Ok Menga Oksapmin new road, Star Mountains Rural LLG (near Mangasimivip), North Fly District, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (song)
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.