| Manucode | |
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| Trumpet Manucode (Manucodia keraudrenii) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradisaeidae |
| Genus: | Manucodia Boddaert, 1783 |
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Manucodes (Manucodia) are a genus of five medium-sized birds-of-paradise with 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.[1]
The the name Manucodia is from Javanese "manuk dewata"; "manuk" means bird and "dewata" means gods. Manucodia is a genus in the family Paradisaeidae.
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