Curl-crested Manucode (Manucodia comrii)
About the Curl-crested Manucode
The curl-crested manucode (Manucodia comrii) is a species of bird-of-paradise. The British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater named this species after Dr. Peter Comrie (1832-1882), who discovered the bird on Fergusson Island in 1874. Manucodia comrii comrii P. L. Sclater, 1876 — D'Entrecasteaux Islands Manucodia comrii trobriandi Mayr, 1936 — Trobriand Islands (Kiriwina and Kaileuna). Endemic to Papua New Guinea, the curl-crested manucode is distributed to the Trobriand Islands and islands of the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago. A common species in its limited habitat range, the curl-crested manucode is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
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Listed as recorded in Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.