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- Aceros plicatus
Identification
91cm. Male - golden tanhead, black body, pale blue orbital skin, reddish brown iris, white tail. Female - all black, white throat and tail. Adult has up to eight folds on pale casque, while the young has none.
Distribution
New Guinea, west Papua islands, Yapen, D'Entrecasteaux, the Moluccas and the Solomons. Common.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Aceros plicatus ruficollis N Moluccas and w New Guinea
Aceros plicatus plicatus S Moluccas (Kelang, Seram and Ambon)
Aceros plicatus jungei E New Guinea; vagrant to Fergusson I. (D'Entrecasteaux Arch.)
Aceros plicatus dampieri Bismarck Arch. (New Hanover, New Ireland and New Britain)
Aceros plicatus harterti Solomon Is. (Buka, Bougainville, Fauro and Shortland Islands)
Aceros plicatus mendanae NW & c Solomon Islands (Choiseul and Vella Lavella s to Malaita and Guadalcanal)
Habitat
Forest canopy.
Behaviour
In flight they are heard from a long distance as the wings make a swoooosh sound with every beat and that what makes them an easy target for hunters (besides the loud noise they make when feeding).
The diet consists of fruit, vertebrates and insects.
