Red satinbird
| Red satinbird | |
|---|---|
| Male specimen at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
| Scientific 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 | |
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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.