manucode
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of manucode
First recorded in 1825–35; from French, shortening of New Latin Manucodiata (originally a genus name), from Malay manuk dewata “bird of paradise” ( manuk “bird” + dewata “gods,” from an Indo-Aryan word; see deva)
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Cuts include a loon on an Adirondacks lake, birds at dawn in Queensland, Australia; and the “UFO-like” call of a curl-crested manucode in New Guinea.
From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2020
The manucode has an eerie deep resonating call.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2011
The curl-crested manucode is endemic to the D’Entrecasteaux and the Trobriand Islands and we found them in both places.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2011
We caught curl-crested manucode, hooded butcherbirds, helmeted friarbirds, spangled drongo, and several other species we hadn’t seen since working on the mainland or the D’Entrecasteaux Islands.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2011
"Wung-go-bah" describes the noisy pitta; "Wee-loo" the stone plover; "Coo-roo" the tranquil dove; "Piln-piln" the large-billed shore plover; "Kim-bum-broo" the fasciated honey-eater; "Calloo-calloo" the manucode; "Go-bidger-roo" the varied honey-eater, and so on.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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