Manucodia ater
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The glossy-mantled manucode (Manucodia ater) is a species of bird-of-paradise. The glossy-mantled manucode was formerly described in 1830 as Phonygama ater by the French naturalist René Lesson based on a specimen collected near Dorey (now Manokwari), on the northwest coast of New Guinea. The specific epithet ater is Latin meaning "black", "dark", "dull" or "matt black". The glossy-mantled manucode is now placed in the genus Manucodia that was introduced in 1783 by Pieter Boddaert.
Two subspecies are recognised: The subspecies M. a. alter has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Tagula manucode. It is widely distributed throughout the lowlands of New Guinea and nearby islands. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the glossy-mantled manucode is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES. It is found in lowland rainforest, riverine and monsoon forests,... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Glossy-mantled Manucode sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 676 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Glossy-mantled Manucode in Raja Ampat on a given day, against about 40% in April and October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glossy-mantled Manucode sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Glossy-mantled Manucode sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Paradisaeidae
The closest relatives of the Glossy-mantled Manucode that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Paradisaeidae, Birds-of-Paradise) are Red Bird-of-Paradise (about 50%) and Wilson's Bird-Of-Paradise (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Glossy-mantled Manucode is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (676 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
