MacGregor's bird-of-paradise  (Macgregoria pulchra)

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Arthropods: A very diverse phylum (a major grouping of animals) that includes crustaceans, insects and arachnids. All arthropods have paired jointed limbs and a hard external skeleton (exoskeleton).
Monogamous: Having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.
Podocarp: A family of coniferous trees found mainly in the southern hemisphere. The seeds are not borne within cones.
Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
Territory: Area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.
Wattles: Bare fleshy skin that hangs from the bill, throat or eye of birds.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (April, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=5806&m=0
  3. CITES (April, 2006)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Cracraft, J. and Feinstein, J. (2000) What is not a bird-of-paradise? Molecular and morphological evidence places Macgregoria pulchra in the Meliphagidae and the Cnemophilinae near the base of the corvoid tree. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 267 (144): 233 - 241.
  5. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  6. Beehler, B. (1980) Notes on the behaviour and ecology of MacGregor's bird of paradise. Australian Ornithology, 83 (1): 28 - 30.