SICKLE-CRESTED BIRD OF PARADISE
Cnemophilus macgregorii
This is an original book print removed from the book The Birds of Paradise, edited by Michael Everette,not a copy or reproduction. Illustrated by John Gould, W Hart, and J.J. Keulemans and original paintings by Peter Hayman.
The subject of this print is the Sickle-Crested Bird of Paradise now known at the Crested Satinbird.
This matted picture is 11" x 14", comes complete with backing and had only acid-free matting and tape used in it's assembly.
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Crested satinbird
| Crested satinbird | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cnemophilidae |
| Genus: | Cnemophilus |
| Species: | C. macgregorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemophilus macgregorii De Vis, 1890 |
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The crested satinbird, antenna satinbird or crested cnemophilus (Cnemophilus macgregorii), formerly known as the (sickle) crested bird-of-paradise is a species of bird in the Cnemophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae until genetic work proved it was unrelated to those birds. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. There are two subspecies, nominate macgregorii of southeast Papua New Guinea northwestward to at least the Ekuti Divide, east of the Watut/Tauri Gap and sanguineus of central and eastern Highlands in Papua New Guinea.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.