Family Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Least Concern
Trumpet Manucode (Phonygammus keraudrenii)
Taxonomy
French: Paradisier de Keraudren German: Trompeterparadieskrähe Spanish: Ave del paraíso trompetera
Taxonomy:
Barita Keraudrenii
Lesson and Garnot
, 1826,Dorey, north-western New Guinea
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Subspecies and Distribution
P. k. keraudrenii
(Lesson & Garnot, 1826) – Lowland Trumpet Manucode – W New Guinea (Vogelkop, Onin Peninsula and Weyland Mts).
P. k. jamesii
Sharpe, 1877 – lowlands of S New Guinea from Mimika R E, including S watershed of Eastern Highlands (from near Okapa, possibly including portions of Kratke Range), to Port Moresby, including islands in N Torres Strait (Boigu and Saibai); Aru Is.
P. k. neumanni
Reichenow, 1918 – North Coastal Range and scarp of Central Range from Bewani, Torricelli Mts and Lordberg E to Schrader Range and Jimi R and Baiyer R watersheds (Sepik–Wahgi Divide), and Adelbert Mts, in NE New Guinea.
P. k. purpureoviolaceus
A. B. Meyer, 1885 – Upland Trumpet Manucode – uplands of SE New Guinea E from Kuper Range and Wau through Owen Stanley Range (distributional details not well delineated).
P. k. hunsteini
Sharpe, 1882 – Island Trumpet Manucode – D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Goodenough, Fergusson and Normanby).
P. k. gouldii
(G. R. Gray, 1859) – Australian Trumpet Manucode – extreme NE Australia (NE Cape York Peninsula, and immediately adjacent Albany I and Mai I).
Also, unknown subspecies, Mamberamo R area.
Descriptive notes
Male 31 cm, 130–240 g; female 28 cm, 130–182 g. Large paradisaeid with elongated feathers of nape and lower neck finely pointed, those above eyes forming... read more
Voice
Large repertoire, with some sex-specific calls and racial variation. For example, jamesii... read more
Habitat
Lowland rainforest, hill forest and middle montane forest; inhabitant of rainforest interior,... read more
Food and feeding
Mostly fruits, especially figs (Ficus); also invertebrates, including insects, spiders (Araneae), small gastropods. Nestling diet... read more
Breeding
Season at least May–Jan over entire range; males with enlarged gonads in Feb–Apr and Jul–Dec and females in Jun and Oct... read more
Movements
Presumed resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. CITES II. Locally fairly common. Distribution in mainland New Guinea patchy as a result of restriction to particular altitudinal zone in certain... read more
Sympatric with each species of Manucodia at different localities, but no cases of hybridization recorded. Races can be divided into four groups: “keraudrenii group”, “purpureoviolaceus group”, “hunsteini group” and “gouldii group”. Vocalizations appear to differ significantly among races, which are defined mainly by subtle but appreciable variation in gloss colour and intensity and in length of ornamental plumes on head and neck; comprehensive analysis of voice and plumage may lead to recognition of several species, with relatively large, dull hunsteini and small, green gouldii perhaps strongest candidates for splitting. Proposed race mayri (Wau, in NE New Guinea) included in purpureoviolaceus, but may prove to be distinct. Other proposed New Guinea races, now considered insufficiently differentiated#R, are aruensis (Aru Is) and diamondi (Okapa region, in Eastern Range), both synonymized with jamesii; and adelberti (Adelbert Mts, in NE), merged with neumanni. Birds of Mamberamo R area not yet assigned to any subspecies. Six subspecies currently recognized.