Jobi Manucode
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The Jobi Manucode, Manucodia jobiensis, is a medium-sized, up to 34 cm long, greenish blue, black and purple-glossed crow
-like bird-of-paradise with red iris
, lightly crinkled bluish short upper breast and neck feathers. Both sexes are similar with a slightly smaller and duller female.
This species resembles the Crinkle-collared Manucode
in appearance, distinguished by its neck feathers and by having a shorter tail than the latter species. Like other manucodes
, it is monogamous.
The Jobi Manucode is distributed in lowland
forests of Jobi Island
and northern New Guinea
. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods.
One of the most common birds-of-paradise in its range, the Jobi Manucode is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List
of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
Crow
Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...
-like bird-of-paradise with red iris
Iris (anatomy)
The iris is a thin, circular structure in the eye, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupils and thus the amount of light reaching the retina. "Eye color" is the color of the iris, which can be green, blue, or brown. In some cases it can be hazel , grey, violet, or even pink...
, lightly crinkled bluish short upper breast and neck feathers. Both sexes are similar with a slightly smaller and duller female.
This species resembles the Crinkle-collared Manucode
Crinkle-collared Manucode
The Crinkle-collared Manucode, Manucodia chalybatus, is a medium-sized, up to 36 cm long, greenish blue, black and purple-glossed bird-of-paradise with a long graduated tail, red iris and iridescent green breast feathers...
in appearance, distinguished by its neck feathers and by having a shorter tail than the latter species. Like other manucodes
Manucodia
Manucodes are a genus of five medium-sized birds-of-paradise with black-glossed purple and green plumages.Distributed in the lowland forests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, members of this genus are monogamous and sexually monomorphic.The the name Manucodia is from...
, it is monogamous.
The Jobi Manucode is distributed in lowland
Lowland
In physical geography, a lowland is any broad expanse of land with a general low level. The term is thus applied to the landward portion of the upward slope from oceanic depths to continental highlands, to a region of depression in the interior of a mountainous region, to a plain of denudation, or...
forests of Jobi Island
Yapen
Yapen is an island of western New Guinea, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay. To the west is Mios Num Strait between it and Mios Num Island, and the east Kurudu Island. The southeast are the Amboi Islands and the southwest...
and northern New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods.
One of the most common birds-of-paradise in its range, the Jobi Manucode is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...
of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.