Alternative names: Green-breasted Manucode; Green Manucode; Crinkle-breasted Manucode
- Manucodia chalybatus
Identification
36cm, 14 inches
A large, crow-like Bird-of-paradise
Male
- Iridescent purple black above
- Purple-black, with yellow-green iridescence below
- Iridescent purple black, blue sheened uppertail coverts
- Blue black head
- Iridescent blue and green chin, throat, nape and neck
- Glossy green breast
- Long tail
- Red iris
- Dark bill and legs
Female
Females are slightly smaller and less purple but greener.
Juvenile
Juveniles and immatures are like females but even greener.
Similar species
Often confused with Jobi Manucode and also similar to Glossy-mantled Manucode.
Distribution
Patchily distributed in New Guinea and on adjacent Misool Island.
Fairly common in most of its range.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
May form a superspecies with Curl-crested Manucode.
The scientific name was formerly spelled chalybata.
Habitat
Hill and lower montane forest, also lowland forest on Misool. Occurs from sea-level up to 1700m, mainly at 500 - 600m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds mainly on fruits (particularly figs) but takes also insects and spiders.
Can aggressively defend fruiting tree against other frugivorous birds. Also often in mixes-species flocks with other mainly black and/or brown birds.
Breeding
Breeding season at least from July to September and in January. A monogamous species. The nest is a shallow open cup, suspendend by the rim from a branch fork. Lays 1 - 2 eggs.
Presumably a resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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) Crinkle-collared Manucode. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Crinkle-collared_Manucode
