The Tagula manucode (Manucodia alter) is a species of bird-of-paradise.
Tagula manucode | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Manucodia |
Species: | M. alter
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Binomial name | |
Manucodia alter Rothschild & Hartert, 1903
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Distribution
editEndemic to Papua New Guinea, the Tagula manucode is distributed to Tagula Island of the Louisiade Archipelago.[1]
References
edit- Frith, C. B.; Beehler, B. M. 1998. The birds of paradise. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York
- Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.