What is Glossy-mantled manucode?
{{Taxobox | name = Glossy-mantled manucode | image = Manucodia ater.jpg | status = | status_system = IUCN3.1 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Paradisaeidae]] | genus = ''[[Manucodia]]'' | binomial = ''Manucodia ater'' | binomial_authority = ([[René-Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1830)}} The '''glossy-mantled manucode''' (''Manucodia ater'') is a medium-sized [[Birds of Paradise|bird of paradise]], around 42cm long, glossed green, blue and purple black with a red [[Iris (anatomy)|iris]], black [[Beak|bill]], long tail and somewhat elongated upper breast and neck feathers. They can be found in the lowlands of [[New Guinea]] and nearby islands. They eat fruits, figs and [[arthropods]]. The glossy-mantled manucode was the first bird of paradise seen by the [[France|French]] [[naturalist]] [[René-Primevère Lesson]], who was the first [[westerner]] to see live wild birds of paradise. [[San Diego Zoo]] has the only captive individual of this species outside of New Guinea. == References == * {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=51186|title=Manucodia ater|downloaded=1 November 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Manucodia]] [[Category:Birds of Oceania]]