Tagula manucode

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Tagula manucode
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Manucodia
Species:
M. alter
Binomial name
Manucodia alter

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

Distribution[edit]

Endemic 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.