Cnemophilus
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Cnemophilus is a genus of bird
in the Cnemophilidae
family.
It contains the following species:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Cnemophilidae
Cnemophilidae
The Satinbirds or Cnemophilines, Cnemophilidae are a group of passerine birds which consists of three species found in the mountain forests of New Guinea...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Velvet SatinbirdVelvet SatinbirdThe Velvet Satinbird is a species of bird in the Cnemophilidae family.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Cnemophilus loriae) - Antenna SatinbirdAntenna SatinbirdThe 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...
(Cnemophilus macgregorii)