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Aceros plicatus

[edit] Identification

91cm. Male - golden tanhead, black body, pale blue orbital skin, reddish brown iris, white tail.
Female - all black, white throat and tail. Adult has up to eight folds on pale casque, while the young has none.

[edit] Distribution

New Guinea, west Papua islands, Yapen, D'Entrecasteaux, the Moluccas and the Solomons. Common.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• A. p. ruficollis N Moluccas and w New Guinea
• A. p. plicatus S Moluccas (Kelang, Seram and Ambon)
• A. p. jungei E New Guinea; vagrant to Fergusson I. (D'Entrecasteaux Arch.)
• A. p. dampieri Bismarck Arch. (New Hanover, New Ireland and New Britain)
• A. p. harterti Solomon Is. (Buka, Bougainville, Fauro and Shortland Islands)
• A. p. mendanae NW & c Solomon Islands (Choiseul and Vella Lavella s to Malaita and Guadalcanal)

[edit] Habitat

Forest canopy.

[edit] Behaviour

In flight they are heard from a long distance as the wings make a swoooosh sound with every beat and that what makes them an easy target for hunters (besides the loud noise they make when feeding).

The diet consists of fruit, vertebrates and insects.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages