Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)

Crinkle-collared Manucode (Manucodia chalybatus) - HBW 14, p. 463

French: Paradisier vert German: Grünparadieskrähe Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso Metálica
Other common names: Green-breasted/Green/Crinkle-breasted Manucode

Taxonomy: Paradisea Chalybata J. R. Forster, 1781, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
May form a superspecies with M. comrii. Sympatric with M. ater, M. jobiensis or M. keraudrenii at various localities, but no cases of hybridization recorded. Monotypic.

Distribution: West Papuan Is (Misool) and scattered sites throughout mainland New Guinea.