Manucodia

Taxobox
name = "Manucodia"


image_caption = Trumpet Manucode ("Manucodia keraudrenii")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Paradisaeidae
genus = "Manucodia"
genus_authority = Boddaert, 1783
subdivision_ranks = Subgenus
subdivision =
*"Manucodia"
*"Phonygammus"The genus "Manucodia" (Boddaert, 1783) consists of five medium-sized birds of paradise with black-glossed purple and green plumages.

Distributed in the lowland forests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, members of this genus are monogamous and sexually monomorphic.

The the name "Manucodia" is from Javanese "manuk dewata"; "manuk" means bird and "dewata" means gods. "Manucodia" is a genus in the family Paradisaeidae.

Species

* Glossy-mantled Manucode, "Manucodia atra"
* Jobi Manucode, "Manucodia jobiensis"
* Crinkle-collared Manucode, "Manucodia chalybata"
* Curl-crested Manucode, "Manucodia comrii"
* Trumpet Manucode, "Manucodia keraudrenii"