Manucodia
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The genus Manucodia Boddaert, 1783 consist of five medium-sized birds of paradise with a black glossed purple and green plumages.
Distributed in the lowland forests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, members of this genus are monogamous and sexually monomorphic.
The origin of the name Manucodia is from Javanese language "manuk dewata", "manuk" means bird and "dewata" means gods. The words "manuk dewata" or bird(s) of the gods, modified as Manucodia is one of genus in the family Paradisaeidae.
