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[[Image:Crinkle-collared_Manucode.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by <b>Mehd Halaouate</b> <br>Taja, Papua]]
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[[Image:Crinkle-collared_Manucode.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Mehdhalaouate|Mehd Halaouate}} <br>Taja, Papua, [[Indonesia]], August 2006]]
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'''Alternative names: Green-breasted Manucode; Green Manucode; Crinkle-breasted Manucode'''
 
;[[:Category:Manucodia|Manucodia]] chalybatus
 
;[[:Category:Manucodia|Manucodia]] chalybatus
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
36cm.
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36cm. A large, crow-like Bird-of-paradise
*Iridescent purple black above
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* Iridescent purple black above
*Purple-black, with yellow-green iridescence below
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* Purple-black, with yellow-green iridescence below
*Iridescent purple black, blue sheened uppertail coverts  
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* Iridescent purple black, blue sheened uppertail coverts  
*Blue black head
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* Blue black head
*Iridescent blue and green chin, throat, nape and neck
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* Iridescent blue and green chin, throat, nape and neck
*Glossy green breast
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* Glossy green breast
*Long tail
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* Long tail
*Red iris
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* Red iris
*Dark bill and legs
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* Dark bill and legs
*Female slightly smaller and has less purple
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Females are slightly smaller and less purple but greener. Juveniles and immatures are like females but even greener.
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====Similar species====
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Often confused with [[Jobi Manucode]] and also similar to [[Glossy-mantled Manucode]].
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[New Guinea]].
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Patchily distributed in [[New Guinea]] and on adjacent Misool Island.<br />
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Fairly common in most of its range.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
Monotypic.<br />
 
Monotypic.<br />
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May form a superspecies with [[Curl-crested Manucode]].<br />
 
The scientific name was formerly spelled ''chalybata''.
 
The scientific name was formerly spelled ''chalybata''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Hill forests and lowlands.
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Hill and lower montane forest, also lowland forest on Misool. Occurs from sea-level up to 1700m, mainly at 500 - 600m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The diet includes fruit, particularly figs.
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Feeds mainly on fruits (particularly figs) but takes also insects and spiders.<br />
 
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Can aggressively defend fruiting tree against other frugivorous birds. Also often in mixes-species flocks with other mainly black and/or brown birds.<br />
It builds a shallow open cup nest which is suspended by the rim from a branch fork. 1-2 eggs are laid.
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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.<br />
 
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Presumably a resident species.
 
==References==
 
==References==
Wikipedia; Answers.com
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#{{Ref-HBWVol14}}
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Manucodia+chalybat}}
 
{{GSearch|Manucodia+chalybat}}
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=69&bid=1174 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Manucodia]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Manucodia]]

Revision as of 18:56, 11 October 2010

Photo by Mehd Halaouate
Taja, Papua, Indonesia, August 2006

Alternative names: Green-breasted Manucode; Green Manucode; Crinkle-breasted Manucode

Manucodia chalybatus

Identification

36cm. A large, crow-like Bird-of-paradise

  • 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

Females are slightly smaller and less purple but greener. 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

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 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

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. 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

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