NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Crested Satinbird
Cnemophilus macgregorii De Vis, 1890
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Lithograph of the crested satinbird (Cnemophilus macgregorii) from R. Bowdler Sharpe's Monograph of the Paradiseidæ or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhinchidæ, or Bower-Birds. Cropped image.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The crested satinbird (Cnemophilus macgregorii), formerly known as the crested bird-of-paradise, is a species of bird in the satinbird family Cnemophilidae. It is found in the mountains of Papua New Guinea.
Wikipedia contributors, Crested satinbird; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:21:13.660612+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cnemophilus macgregorii De Vis, 1890
- Name authority
- De Vis, 1890
- Common name
- Crested Satinbird
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cnemophilidae
- Genus
- Cnemophilus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCnemophilidae Mayr, 1962
- genusCnemophilus De Vis, 1890
- speciesCnemophilus macgregorii De Vis, 1890
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- De Vis, & Charles Walter. (1890). Appendix G. Report on Birds from British New Guinea. Annual Report on British New Guinea from 4th September, 1888, to 30th June, 1889; with Map and Appendices. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5ZH3C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.