The crested satinbird, antenna satinbird or crested cnemophilus , formerly known as the crested bird-of-paradise is a species of bird in the Cnemophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae until genetic work proved it was unrelated to those birds. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. There are two subspecies, nominate ''macgregorii'' of southeast Papua New Guinea northwestward to at least the Ekuti Divide, east of the Watut/Tauri Gap and ''sanguineus''.. more
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Uploaded Dec 21, 2015. Captured Mar 7, 2008 14:14 in Kupanda Street, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea.