Red satinbird

Red satinbird
Male specimen at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cnemophilidae
Genus: Cnemophilus
Species:
Subspecies:
C. m. sanguineus
Trinomial name
Cnemophilus macgregorii sanguineus
Iredale, 1948
Synonyms
  • Cnemophilus sanguineus

The red satinbird (Cnemophilus macgregorii sanguineus), commonly known as antenna satinbird or crested cnemophilus and formerly known as the sickle-crested bird-of-paradise, is a subspecies of bird in the family Cnemophilidae. 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 the Bird's Tail Peninsula, Papua New Guinea.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Cnemophilus sanguineus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103731114A112748548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103731114A112748548.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.