Macgregoria pulchra (Macgregor's Bird-Of-Paradise, Macgregor’s Bird of Paradise)

Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Macgregor-Paradijsvogel;brilparadijsvogel

Common Names in English:

Macgregor's Bird of Paradise, Macgregor's Bird-Of-Paradise, Macgregor's Lappetface, Macgregor’s Bird of Paradise, MacgregorÌs Bird-Of-Paradise

Common Names in French:

Paradisier De Macgregor

Common Names in German:

Brillenparadiesvogel

Description

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Family Corvidae

A Family of passerine songbirds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies and nutcrackers. Corvids are medium to large birds with strong feet and bills, rictal bristles and a single moult each year.

Habitat

Ecology: It is restricted to subalpine forest , including patches within alpine grassland, dominated by its major food-plant, the podocarp Dacrycarpus compactus. Its partial nomadism and its breeding cycle are tied to the unpredictable fruiting of this tree2,3,4,5,7,10. Birds also forage for other fruits in low bushes and on the ground , and in epiphytes and foliage , presumably for arthropods6,7,11. It is most commonly recorded between 3,200-3,500 m , but occasionally from 2,700-4,000 m7. (Ref. 65287)

List of Habitats :1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 3.7Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Passerimorphae ()
        Order: Passeriformes () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
        Suborder: Passeri ()
        Parvorder: Corvida ()
        Superfamily: Corvoidea ()
        Family: Corvidae () - Crows, Jays
        Subfamily: Corvinae ()
        Tribe: Paradisaeini ()
        Genus: Macgregoria ()
        Specific name: Macgregoria - De Vis, 1897
        Scientific name: - Macgregoria pulchra De Vis, 1897

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 29-Nov-2006

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Macgregoria

There are approximately 3 species in this genus:

M. pulchra (Macgregor's Bird-Of-Paradise) · M. pulchra carolinae · M. pulchra pulchra

Bibliography

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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
BirdLife International 2006. Threatened Birds of the World 2006. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2006.
BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.

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Notes

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Contributors

BirdLife International 2006. Macgregoria pulchra. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3847210
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-560906
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 333859
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 560906
IUCN ID: 12577
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131729