Glossy-mantled Manucode (Manucodia ater)
About the Glossy-mantled Manucode
The glossy-mantled manucode (Manucodia ater) is a species of bird-of-paradise. The glossy-mantled manucode was formerly described in 1830 as Phonygama ater by the French naturalist René Lesson based on a specimen collected near Dorey (now Manokwari), on the northwest coast of New Guinea. The specific epithet ater is Latin meaning "black", "dark", "dull" or "matt black". The glossy-mantled manucode is now placed in the genus Manucodia that was introduced in 1783 by Pieter Boddaert. Two subspecies are recognised: M. a. ater (Lesson, RP, 1830) – New Guinea including west Papuan and Aru Islands M. a. alter Rothschild, LW & Hartert, EJO, 1903 – Tagula Island (Louisiade Archipelago, off southeastern New Guinea) The subspecies M. a. alter has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Tagula manucode.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 19 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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