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Trumpet Manucode (Phonygammus keraudrenii) Alternate name(s): "Manucode", "Australian Bird of Paradise", "Trumpetbird" Size: 28-32 cm Weight: 150-185 g (male), 120-140 g (female)

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Trumpet Manucodes are large birds of paradise. The two sexes are alike, with only minor differences in the colouring of the irises and the glossiness of their plumage. The plumage is all-black, with purple-greenish gloss. Trumpet Manucodes have a long black tail. The irises are orange to red. The short, pointy bill is grey with a darker tip. Legs and feet are dark-grey. Juveniles are not glossy yet and do not have shaggy nape feathers yet.

Taxonomy, classification See Trumpet Manucode at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Trumpet Manucode is available HERE . There are about 10 extant races of Trumpet Manicudes (for details see a field guide). Their total range extends from West Papua via New Guinea to the Aru Islands, plus far north-eastern Australia. On Australian territory two races of the Trumpet Manucode are present. On the islands along Torres Strait race "jonesi" is present, where as on mainland Australia only race "gouldi" is found. The range of race "gouldi", is limited, comprising only parts of the tip of Cape York peninsula, QLD, and the near-coastal fringe on the eastern side of the peninsula, as far to the South as Iron Range NP, QLD. Trumpet Manucodes have a preference for lowland and foothill rainforest and vine thickets.

Sightings Click here for sighting information Race "gouldii" B. Hensen reports spotting Trumpet Manucodes, race "gouldii", at Iron Range NP, QLD, in December 2018. All sighting and photographic information presented on this page has been kindly contributed by B. Hensen.

Photos

Race "gouldii"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral/ventral view of a Trumpet Manucode - note the long tendril at the back of the neck (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, QLD, December 2018]

Dorsal/ventral view of a Trumpet Manucode (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, QLD, December 2018]

Dorsal/ventral view of a Trumpet Manucode looking back (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, QLD, December 2018]

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