Alternative names: Trumpetbird; Manucode; Hunstein's Manucode (hunsteini)
- Phonygammus keraudrenii
Manucodia keraudrenii
Identification
31cm. A large Bird-of-paradise.
- Elongated horn-like head tufts and loose neck feathers
- Plumage black glossed blue, green and purple
- Red iris
- Long coiled trachea
- Black bill and legs
The female resembles the male, but is smaller in size and duller.
Distribution
Patchily distributed on New Guinea, Aru Islands and extreme northeast Australia.
Locally fairly common.
Taxonomy
Currently nine subspecies recognized:
- P. k. keraudrenii in western New Guinea
- P. k. aruensis on Aru Islands
- P. k. jamesii in the lowlands of southern New Guinea
- P. k. neumanni in the mountains of eastern New Guinea
- P. k. adelberti in the Adelbert Mountains, northeast New Guinea
- P. k. diamondi south of watershed of eastern Highlands, eastern New Guinea
- P. k. purpureoviolaceus in the uplands of southeast New Guinea
- P. k. hunsteini on D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago - may possibly be a full species, Hunstein's Manucode
- P. k. gouldii in extreme northeast Australia (northeast Cape York Peninsula adn Albani Island and Mai Island)
Proposed mayri from Huon Peninsula not (yet) accepted. Birds of Mamberamo River area are not yet assigned to any subspecies.
Formerly placed in genus Manucodia.
Habitat
Lowland rainforest, hill forest and middle montane forest. Only rarely at forest edge or in second growth. In New Guinea found at 200 - 2000m, mainly at 900 - 1800m. In Australia in lowlands and close to coast.
Behaviour
Feeds mostly on fruits (especially figs) but takes also invertebrates (insects and spiders).
Forages in pairs or small groups, also with other Birds-of-paradise and Papuan Babbler and Rusty Pitohui.
Breeding season at least from May to January. A monogamous species. A deep, saucer-shaped nest of vine-tendrils is built and often placed in close association with that of a Black Butcherbird. 1 or 2, very pale dull purplish pink, spotted and finely blotched all over with red-brown, umber and violet-grey eggs are laid and are incubated for 15 - 16 days by both sexes.
A resident species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Trumpet Manucode. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Trumpet_Manucode
