Curling Paradise Crow

Curling Paradise Crow
	Curled Paradise Crow ( Manucodia comrii ) ; after Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Systematics
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Family :	Birds of Paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Subfamily :	Phonygamminae
Genre :	Manukodes ( Manucodia )
Type :	Curling Paradise Crow
Scientific name
	Manucodia comrii
	Sclater , 1876

The Kräuselparadieskrähe ( Manucodia comrii ), even crimp Manucodia called, is a species from the genus of manucode ( Manucodia ) within the family of Paradiesvögel (Paradisaeidae). It is endemic to the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and the Trobriand Islands east of Papua New Guinea .

The specific epithet was created in 1876 by Philip Lutley Sclater after Dr. Dedicated to Peter Comrie. According to Sclater, the medical officer of the HMS Basilisk obtained a copy in May 1874 in Huongolf on the southeast coast of Papua New Guinea, near the island of New Britain opposite . This description of origin is incorrect, however, the place of origin is the volcanic island of Fergusson in the D'Entrecasteaux archipelago .

description

The crowded paradise crow is one of the largest and heaviest birds of paradise. It reaches a length of up to 44 centimeters. The weight of a male is given as 448 g, that of a female ( nominate form ) as 418 g. The plumage is generally shiny purple, black, and green. The neck and upper chest are characterized by curled yellowish-green fletching. The head fletching is also ruffled. The rather long control springs are coiled. The feathers on the belly are black at the base with a wide, purple-colored hem. The iris is red-brown. The females are smaller than the males. The subspecies hardly differ.

Juvenile and immature birds are blacker and more dull in color, the ruffled feathers are missing, their irises are brown.

Habitat and way of life

The crowded paradise crow lives in the rainforests of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and the Trobriand Islands, particularly on Goodenough and Fergusson. It occurs in all wooded habitats from the lowlands to the upper montane forests as well as at the edges of the forest within the limited distribution area. It occurs on Goodenough, Fergusson and Normanby sympatric with the Schall-Manukodia ( Phonygammus keraudrenii ), but hybrids are not known.

Little is known about their diet. It feeds mainly on fruits, and invertebrates are also believed to be prey. According to reports, the nest building takes place in mid-November, the eggs are laid in March and June to October. An egg in the Australian Museum, which was collected on Fergusson in early July 1891, is described in the basic color as warm isabel with purple dots, spots and broad vertical lines. The surface is drawn evenly and overlaid with a gray-violet drawing. Chicks were spotted in October.

Systematics

Two subspecies of the crowded paradise crow are described:

Manucodia comrii comrii Sclater , 1876 - D'Entrecasteaux Islands (Goodenough, Wagifa, Fergusson, Dobu and Normanby)
Manucodia comrii trobriandi Mayr , 1936 - Trobriand Islands (Kiriwina and Kaileuna)

literature

Bruce M. Beehler , Thane K. Pratt: Birds of New Guinea; Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2016, ISBN 978-0-691-16424-3 .
Clifford B. Frith, Bruce M. Beehler : The Birds of Paradise - Paradisaeidae . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-19-854853-2 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j C. Frith, D. Frith: Curl-crested Manucode (Manucodia comrii). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, DA & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. 2017. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ( Online , accessed March 5, 2017)
↑ ^a ^b P. L. Sclater: On the birds collected by Dr Comrie on the south-east coast of New Guinea. In: The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. 1876
^ ^A ^b Richard Bowdler Sharpe: Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds. Vol. II, 1891 - 1898, p. 17. ( Online )
↑ Frith & Beehler: The Birds of Paradise - Paradisaeidae . P. 220.
^ ^A ^b ^c Thane K. Pratt, Bruce M. Beehler: Birds of New Guinea. 2015, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978069109562-2 , p. 226.
^ AJ NORTH: NOTE ON THE NIDIFICATION OF MANUCODIA COMRIl, Sctater. Comrie's manu code. In: Records of the Australian Museum. P. 32 ( online )

Web links

Commons : Crowded Paradise Crow ( Manucodia comrii ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Manucodia comrii inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015.4. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
Description (French)
Birdlife factsheet

[HBW-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j C. Frith, D. Frith: Curl-crested Manucode (Manucodia comrii). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, DA & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. 2017. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ( Online , accessed March 5, 2017)

[Sclater-2] P. L. Sclater: On the birds collected by Dr Comrie on the south-east coast of New Guinea. In: The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. 1876

[Sharpe-3] A ^b Richard Bowdler Sharpe: Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds. Vol. II, 1891 - 1898, p. 17. ( Online )

[Frith_&_Beehler220-4] Frith & Beehler: The Birds of Paradise - Paradisaeidae . P. 220.

[BoNG-5] A ^b ^c Thane K. Pratt, Bruce M. Beehler: Birds of New Guinea. 2015, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978069109562-2 , p. 226.

[NORTH-6] AJ NORTH: NOTE ON THE NIDIFICATION OF MANUCODIA COMRIl, Sctater. Comrie's manu code. In: Records of the Australian Museum. P. 32 ( online )