The Tagula manucode (Manucodia alter) is a species of bird-of-paradise.
| Tagula manucode | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.