Description

COMMENTS: Mayr gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and measurements for 12 males and 10 females from Kiriwina and Kaileuna islands. There are 22 specimens from Kiriwina and Kaileuna in the type series, but 13 are sexed as males and nine as females. The 21 paratypes, all collected by Hannibal Hamlin, are: Kaileuna Island, AMNH 224338 – 224341, 224343 – 224346, 330444 – 330451, nine males, seven females, 1 – 3 November 1928; Kiriwina Island, AMNH 224347 – 224350, 330452, three males, two females, 7 – 8 November 1928. AMNH 224347 was exchanged to ZMB in July of 1936 and is now ZMB 36.518 (Steinheimer, 2005: 10). Of recent authors, only Cracraft considered Manucodia comrii monotypic, although Frith and Beehler (1998: 226) and Frith and Frith (2009 b: 463) noted that the two subspecies are poorly differentiated.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Paradisaeidae

Genus: Manucodia

Species: Manucodia comrii trobriandi Mayr, 1936