Taxobox name King of SaxonyBird of paradise status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Pteridophora alberti Papua New Guinea 8.jpg image caption Male in Papua New Guinea image width 300px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Pteridophora genus authority Adolf Bernard Meyer Meyer , 1894 species P. alberti binomial Pteridophora alberti binomial authority Adolf Bernard Meyer Meyer , 1894 The King of SaxonyBird of paradise Pteridophora alberti is a bird in the Bird of paradise family Paradisaeidae . It is the only member in monotypic genus Pteridophora . It is Endemism endemic to montane forest in New Guinea . Both the common name King of Saxony and the scientific specific name alberti were given to honour Albert of Saxony . The bird is sometimes known as Kisaba by the natives of Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea, as a human interpretation of the male s loud call. The diet consists mainly of fruits, berries and arthropods . Description File Pteridophora alberti by Bowdler Sharpe.jpg right thumb Illustration The adult King of SaxonyBird of paradise is approximately 22 cm long. The male is black and yellow with a dark brown Iris anatomy iris , black Beak bill , brownish grey legs, aqua green mouth, with two remarkably long up to 50 cm scalloped, enamel blue brow plumes that can be erected at the bird s will. The unadorned female is greyish brown with barred underparts. The male s ornamental head plumes are so bizarre that, when the first specimen was brought to Europe , it was thought to be a fake. Distribution The species is distributed from the Weyland Mountains in Western New Guinea to the Krathe Range in Papua New Guinea at 1,400 2,850 meters above sea level, but primarily at 1,800 2,500 meters ... David Attenborough filmed the first ever footage of the mating ritual of the bird. References IUCN2006 ... 51207 IUCN Red List wikispecies Pteridophora alberti Commons Pteridophora alberti Birds of paradise ... more details
Taxobox name King of Holland s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Cicinnurus species C. magnificus x C. regius synonyms Diphyllodes gulielmi III Adolf Bernard Meyer Meyer , 1875 Rhipidornis gulielmi III Diphyllodes Rhipidornis gulielmitertii The King of Holland s Bird of Paradise , also known as King William III s Bird of Paradise or the Exquisite Little King , ref Iredale 1950 , p.107. ref is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid biology hybrid between a Magnificent Bird of Paradise and KingBird of Paradise . History At least 25 adult male specimens of this hybrid exist in various collections, including the American Museum of Natural History , coming mainly from north coastal New Guinea or unknown localities. It was described as a new species by Adolf Bernard Meyer in 1875 and diagnosed as a hybrid by Jacques Berlioz in 1927. ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.507. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url cite book title Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds author Iredale, Tom year 1950 publisher Georgian House location Melbourne isbn pages url Birds of paradise Category Cicinnurus Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name KingBird of paradise image Cicinnurus regius 20031005.jpg image caption male status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Bird of paradise Paradisaeidae genus Cicinnurus species C. regius binomial Cicinnurus regius binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The KingBird of paradise , Cicinnurus regius is a small, approximately 16 cm long, passerine bird of the Bird of paradise Paradisaeidae Bird of paradise family. The male is a crimson and white with bright blue feet and green tipped fan like plumes on its shoulder. The two elongated tail wires are decorated with Emerald color emerald green disk feathers on its tip. The unadorned female is a brown bird with barring below. The KingBird of paradise is distributed throughout lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands. This so called living Gemstone gem is the smallest and most vividly colored among birds of paradise. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods . An extraordinary display is performed by the male with a series of tail swinging, fluffing of its abdomen white feathers that makes the bird look like a cottonball, and acrobatic pendulum displays. Widespread and a common species throughout its large habitat range, the KingBird of paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES . References IUCN2010 assessors BirdLife International year 2009 version 3.1 146712 title Cicinnurus regius downloaded 11 Mar 2011 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern External links http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 5832&m 0 BirdLife Species Factsheet commons Cicinnurus regius Birds of paradise Category Cicinnurus Category Birds of New Guinea Category Birds of Western New Guinea Category Birds of Papua New Guinea de K nigs Paradiesvogel et Karmiin paradiisilind fr Paradisier ... more details
Taxobox name Lyre tailed KingBird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Cicinnurus species C. regius x C. magnificus synonyms Cicinnurus lyogyrus Currie, 1900 Cicinnurus goodfellowi Ogilvie Grant, 1907 The Lyre tailed KingBird of Paradise , also known as the Lyre tailed King , Lonely Little King or Crimson Bird of Paradise , is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid biology hybrid between a KingBird of Paradise and Magnificent Bird of Paradise . History At least three adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, coming from an altitude of 1000 m in the Cyclops Mountains , near Yos Sudarso Bay Humboldt Bay on the northern coast of New Guinea , as well as unknown localities. ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.507. ref ref Iredale 1950 , pp.105 106. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url cite book title Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds author Iredale, Tom year 1950 publisher Georgian House location Melbourne isbn pages url Birds of paradise Category Cicinnurus Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Bird of paradise or bird of paradise may refer to TOC right Birds Bird of paradise , the family of birds, Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes The genera of this family that have Bird of paradise in the common name Pteridophora Lophorina Cicinnurus Seleucidis Paradisaea Macgregor s Giant Honeyeater , a black crow like bird also known as Macgregor s Bird of Paradise Satinbird s, a family of passerines originally thought to be part of the Paradisaeidae family Melampitta , an enigmatic genus of birds placed by some authors in Paradisaeidae Huma bird , a mythological creature commonly depicted in Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Urdu poetry Plants Strelitzia , a genus of 5 species of perennials Heliconia , a genus of about 100 200 species of flowering plants, commonly called lobster claws, wild plantains or false bird of paradise Caesalpinia gilliesii , a shrub in the legume family Caesalpinia pulcherrima , a shrub in the legume family, commonly called Red Bird of Paradise or Mexican Bird of Paradise Film and television Bird of Paradise 1932 film Bird of Paradise 1932 film , directed by King Vidor Bird of Paradise 1951 film Bird of Paradise 1951 film , directed by Delmer Daves Bird of Paradise ... Bird of Paradise, an episode of the TV series Godzilla TV series Godzilla Music Bird of Paradise Snowy White song Bird of Paradise Snowy White song Bird of Paradise, a song by The Appleseed Cast on the album Low Level Owl, Vol. 1 Bird of Paradise, a song by Charlie Parker Bird of Paradise, a song by Serj Tankian Birds of Paradise, a song by Peter, Sue and Marc Birds of Paradise musical Birds of Paradise musical , a 1987 off broadway musical with music by David Evans, lyrics by Winnie Holzman, and a book by both Other The Bird of Paradise 1912 play The Bird of Paradise 1912 play , written by Richard Walton Tully Bird of Paradise Island , an island near Tobago See also ParadiseBird , an album by Amii Stewart The Byrds of Paradise , a television series disambig bjn C ndrawasih de Paradiesvogel ... more details
ago. The second clade includes the parotia s and the King of SaxonyBird of paradise . The third ... s Parotia , Parotia wahnesi Genus Pteridophora King of SaxonyBird of paradise , Pteridophora alberti Genus Lophorina Superb Bird of paradise , Lophorina superba col 2 Genus Ptiloris Magnificent Riflebird ... nigra File Pteridophora alberti by Bowdler Sharpe.jpg King of SaxonyBird of paradise , Pteridophora ... corvids crows and jays . Birds of paradise range in size from the KingBird of paradise ... albertisi Pale billed Sicklebill , Drepanornis bruijnii Genus Cicinnurus Magnificent Bird of paradise , Cicinnurus magnificus Wilson s Bird of paradise , Cicinnurus respublica KingBird of paradise , Cicinnurus ... Bird of Paradise and Lesser Bird of Paradise . King of Holland s Bird of Paradise , also known as King William III s Bird of Paradise, was described as a species Diphyllodes gulielmi III Adolf Bernard Meyer Meyer , 1875 but is a hybrid between the Magnificent Bird of Paradise and KingBird of Paradise ... KingBird of Paradise , also known as the Lonely Little King or Crimson Bird of Paradise, was described ... and KingBird of Paradise . Mantou s Riflebird , also known as Bruijn s Riflebird, was described ...About the bird family Paradisaeidae Bird of paradise disambiguation Taxobox name Bird of paradise image Lesser Bird of Paradise.jpg image width image caption Adult male Lesser Bird of paradise , br Paradisaea ... Papua New Guinea male 8.jpg thumb Brown Sicklebill s are montane species The centre of bird of paradise ... Greater Bird of paradise displaying The diet of the birds of paradise is dominated by fruit and arthropods ... Bird of Paradise , are valid. Citation needed date June 2008 Despite the presence of hybrids, some ... first J. & Feinstein, J. year 2000 title What is not a bird of paradise? Molecular and morphological ... s Bird of paradise was actually a member of the large Australasian honeyeater family. In addition ... is a Bird of Paradise Emu 87 66 68 ref but their relationships remain uncertain, more recently ... more details
About an album other uses Bird of paradise disambiguation Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name ParadiseBird Type Studio Artist Amii Stewart Cover Amii Stewart Paradise Bird.jpg Released September 1979 Recorded 1979 Genre R&B , Pop music , Disco Length Label Hansa Records Ariola Records Producer Barry Leng Reviews Allmusic Last album Knock On Wood Amii Stewart album Knock On Wood br 1979 This album ParadiseBird br 1979 Next album Images Amii Stewart album Images br 1981 ParadiseBird is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in September 1979. The album yielded two European single releases, Jealousy 58 UK, 4 Italy, 5 Netherlands and double A side The Letter ParadiseBird 39 UK 1980 . The album was not as successful in the USA. The original ParadiseBird album in its entirety remains unreleased on compact disc. Track listing Side A The Letter song The Letter Wayne Carson Thompson 6 58 ParadiseBird Leng, May, Morris 6 35 He s A Burglar Leng, May, Morris 4 50 Side B Jealousy Leng, May, Morris 6 36 Right Place, Wrong Time Leng, May, Morris 5 07 Step Into The Love Line Leng, May 5 23 Paradise Found Leng, May, Morris 2 26 Personnel Amii Stewart vocals Gerry Morris bass guitar bass Adrian Sheppard drum kit drums Alan Murphy , Barry Leng guitar Pete Arnesen keyboard instrument keyboards Ken Freeman composer Ken Freeman synthesizer , brass instrument brass arrangements Ron Asprey saxophone Glyn Thomas percussion Jimmy Chambers, Charles Augins , Amii Stewart, Barry Leng backing vocalist background vocals Ian Hughes string section string arrangements ref http www.discogs.com Amii Stewart ParadiseBird release 1356273 Amii Stewart ParadiseBird Discogs.com see more images for complete musician listing Accessed 2 13 2010. ref Production Barry Leng producer References reflist Amii Stewart Category 1979 albums Category Amii Stewart albums ... more details
Taxobox name Emperor Bird of paradise status NT status system IUCN3.1 image Paradisaea guilielmi by Bowdler Sharpe.jpg image width 225px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Paradisaea species P. guilielmi binomial Paradisaea guilielmi binomial authority Jean Cabanis Cabanis , 1888 The Emperor Bird of paradise , Paradisaea guilielmi, also known as Emperor of Germany s Bird of paradise is a large, approximately 33 cm long, yellow and brown bird of paradise with a reddish brown Iris anatomy iris , bluish grey Beak bill and purplish brown legs. The male has an extensive dark emerald green face and throat, two very long tail wires and large white ornamental flank plumes. The female is almost similar to the male, but has an all brown plumage, smaller in size and has no ornamental plumes. The Emperor Bird of paradise is Endemism in birds endemic to Papua New Guinea . It is distributed in hill forests of the Huon Peninsula . The diet consists mainly of fruits, ficus fig s and arthropods . The name commemorates the last Emperor of Germany German Emperor and King of Prussia , Wilhelm II of Germany . On January 1888, the Emperor Bird of paradise was the last bird of paradise discovered by Carl Hunstein , who also found the Blue Bird of paradise on his journeys. These two species are the only Paradisaea that perform inverted display. Due to ongoing habitat loss, limited range and overhunting in some areas, the Emperor Bird of paradise is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES . References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 16077 title Paradisaea guilielmi downloaded 9 May 2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened External links http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html ... details.php?species 16077 IUCN Red List Birds of paradise Category Paradisaea Category Birds of Papua ... more details
Orphan date November 2009 Unreferenced date November 2009 Taxobox name Empress of Germany s Bird of Paradise status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Paradisaea species Paradisaea raggiana P. raggiana subspecies P. r. augustavictoriae trinomial Paradisaea raggiana augustavictoriae trinomial authority Jean Cabanis Cabanis , 1888 The Empress of Germany s Bird of Paradise , Paradisaea raggiana augustavictoriae , is a large, up to 34 cm long, maroon brown bird in the family Paradisaeidae , one of three families of birds known as birds of paradise. The male has a dark emerald green throat, yellow crown, pale brown below and narrow yellow throat collar. It closely resembles the crimson plumed Raggiana Bird of Paradise , but has apricot orange rather than crimson flank plumes. The female is an overall brown bird with yellow head and dark brown face. The Empress of Germany s Bird of Paradise is distributed and Endemism in birds endemic to upper Ramu River and Huon Peninsula of northeastern Papua New Guinea . The male is polygamous and displays in communal lek. The diet consists mainly of fruits, insects and arthropods . One of the most heavily hunted birds of paradise in the plume hunting era, the Empress of Germany s Bird of Paradise was the first bird of paradise to breed in captivity. It was bred and observed by Prince K.S. Dharmakumarsinhji of India in 1940. The name commemorates the Germany German Empress and Queen consort of Prussia, Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig Holstein . In the wild, the Empress of Germany s Bird of Paradise is hybridized with the Emperor Bird of Paradise , with at least six specimens known. Thought to be a new species, the Hybrid biology hybrid was named Maria s Bird of Paradise , Paradisaea maria or Frau Reichenow s Bird of Paradise . DEFAULTSORT Empress Of Germany s Bird Of Paradise Category Paradisaea Category Birds of Papua New Guinea Passeri ... more details
Infobox film name Bird of Paradise image Bird of paradise 1932.jpg caption Film poster director King Vidor producer David O. Selznick br King Vidor writer Leonard Praskins br Wells Root starring Dolores del R o br Joel McCrea br John Halliday br Richard Skeets Gallagher br Bert Roach music Max Steiner ... language English budget Bird of Paradise is a 1932 Cinema of the United States American film directed by King Vidor , starring Dolores del R o , Joel McCrea , and Richard Skeets Gallagher and released ... any musical scoring. The musical director for Bird of Paradise was Max Steiner , who would later work on King Kong 1933 film King Kong 1933 and Gone with the Wind film Gone with the Wind 1939 . The native huts in this film were reused one year later in RKO s King Kong . ref cite book last1 Haver ... House location New York isbn 978 0517476659 ref Curiosities Bird of Paradise created a scandal when ... reflist External links Commons cat Bird of Paradise 1932 film Imdb title id 0022689 title Bird of Paradise Internet Archive film id Bird of Paradise 1932 name Bird of Paradise Amg movie 5720 Bird of Paradise tcmdb title id 68793 title Bird of Paradise Busby Berkeley DEFAULTSORT Bird Of Paradise ... es Ave del Para so Pel cula de 1932 eu Bird of Paradise 1932ko filma fr L Oiseau de paradis film, 1932 pt Bird of Paradise ... turtle s. It is like paradise. However, their idyll is smashed when the local volcano begins to erupt ... Johnson Arnold Gray as Walker Reginald Simpson as O Fallon Napoleon Pukui as The King Agostino Borgato ... erotic ideal with her performance in the film. ref http dawnsdeloresdelrio.blogspot.com 2010 05 bird of paradise1932 pre code.html Bird of Paradise, 1932 pre code ref Employing an elaborate pantomime, it is Dolores Del Rio s mimicking of a bird in flight, that implies her freedom, whatever it is, is to be strictly ... on a neighboring island that appears to be simple paradise, it appears that they have escaped the dominion ... more details
Taxobox name Duivenbode s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Paradisaea species P. guilielmi br br x P. minor finschi synonyms Paradisea duivenbodei Duivenbode s Bird of Paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid biology hybrid between the Emperor Bird of Paradise and Lesser Bird of Paradise . History It is known from a single adult male specimen held in the Mus um national d histoire naturelle National Natural History Museum in Paris . Its provenance is uncertain it is said to come from an island in Cenderawasih Bay Geelvink Bay , western New Guinea , but was probably purchased as a trade skin there and is more likely to have derived ultimately from the Huon Peninsula of north eastern New Guinea where the Emperor Bird of Paradise is found. ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , pp.504 505. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url Birds of paradise Category Paradisaea Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Wilhelmina s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus species Lophorina superba br br x Cicinnurus magnificus synonyms Lamprothorax wilhelminae Adolf Bernard Meyer Meyer , 1894 Wilhelmina s Bird of Paradise , also known as Wilhelmina s Riflebird , is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid biology hybrid between a Superb Bird of Paradise and Magnificent Bird of Paradise . History Three adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in the American Museum of Natural History , Naturalis Royal Natural History Museum of the Netherlands , and the Staatliches Museum f r Tierkunde Dresden Dresden Natural History Museum . Two of the specimens come from the Arfak Mountains of north western New Guinea , while the other is of unknown provenance. The bird was named as a species by Adolf Bernard Meyer in 1894 after Wilhelmina of the Netherlands . ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , pp.513 514. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Gilliard s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Paradisaea species P. raggiana salvadorii br br x P. minor finschi synonyms Gilliard s Bird of Paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid biology hybrid between a Raggiana Bird of Paradise and Lesser Bird of Paradise . It is known from adult male specimens taken in the upper Baiyer Valley in Papua New Guinea . It was named after American ornithologist Ernest Thomas Gilliard by Clifford Brodie Frith Clifford Frith and Bruce Beehler . ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.506. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url Birds of paradise Category Paradisaea Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Stresemann s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus species Parotia carolae br br x Lophorina superba synonyms Lophorina superba pseudoparotia Erwin Stresemann Stresemann , 1934 Stresemann s Bird of Paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is an intergeneric hybrid biology hybrid between a Carola s Parotia and Superb Bird of Paradise . History Only one female specimen is known of this hybrid, held in the Museum f r Naturkunde Berlin Natural History Museum , coming from Mount Hunstein in the Sepik district of north eastern New Guinea . It was first identified as a female Carola s Parotia in 1923 and later, in 1934, described as a subspecies of the Superb Bird of Paradise it is named for its original identifier and later describer, German ornithologist Erwin Stresemann . ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , pp.514 515. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Ruys Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus species Cicinnurus m. magnificus br br x Paradisaea m. minor synonyms Neoparadisaea ruysi Eduard Daniel van Oort van Oort , 1906 Ruys Bird of Paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid biology hybrid between a Magnificent Bird of Paradise and Lesser Bird of Paradise . History Only one adult male specimen is known of this hybrid it is held in the Naturalis Netherlands Natural History Museum in Leiden , and comes from near Warsembo, on the west coast of Cenderawasih Bay Geelvink Bay , in north western New Guinea . ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , pp.518 519. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Bensbach s Bird of paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus species Ptiloris m. magnificus br br x Paradisaea m. minor synonyms Janthothorax bensbachi Johann B ttikofer B ttikofer , 1894 Bensbach s Bird of paradise , also known as Bensbach s Riflebird , is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is an intergeneric hybrid biology hybrid between a Magnificent Riflebird and Lesser Bird of paradise . History Only one adult male specimen is known of this hybrid, held in the Naturalis Netherlands Natural History Museum and coming from the Arfak Mountains of north western New Guinea . It is named after J. Bensbach, Dutch Resident at Ternate , who presented the specimen to the museum. ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.517. ref ref Iredale 1950 , p.56. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url cite book title Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds author Iredale, Tom year 1950 publisher Georgian House location Melbourne isbn pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Schodde s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus species Parotia l. lawesii br br x Paradisaea rudolphi margaritae Schodde s Bird of Paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is an intergeneric hybrid biology hybrid between a Lawes s Parotia and Blue Bird of Paradise . History Only one specimen, an adult female, is known of this hybrid. It is held in the Australian Museum and comes from Trepikama in the Baiyer Valley of Papua New Guinea . It was named by Clifford Brodie Frith Clifford and Dawn Frith after Australian ornithologist Richard Schodde . ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.515. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Maria s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Paradisea species P. guilielmi br br x P. raggiana augustaevictoriae synonyms Paradisea maria Anton Reichenow Reichenow , 1894 Maria s Bird of Paradise , also known as Frau Reichenow s Bird of Paradise or Mrs Reichenow s Bird of Paradise , is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a presumptive hybrid biology hybrid between an Emperor Bird of Paradise and Raggiana Bird of Paradise . It was named for the wife of the describer, German ornithologist Anton Reichenow . Description Its measurements are largely intermediate between those of the parent taxa. ref name Frith & Beehler 1998, p.504 Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.504. ref History It was named as a supposed new species in 1894 before being largely accepted as a hybrid in the early 20th century. At least six adult male and one female specimens are known, from Sattelberg and the Finisterre Range of the Huon Peninsula in north eastern New Guinea . The specimens are held by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City New York and the Museum f r Naturkunde Berlin Natural History Museum . ref name Frith & Beehler 1998, p.504 Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Category Paradisaea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Blood s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Paradisaea species P. raggiana salvadorii br br x P. rudolphi margaritae synonyms Paradisaea bloodi Tom Iredale Iredale , 1948 ref Iredale 1948 . ref Blood s Bird of Paradise , also known as Captain Blood s Bird of Paradise , is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid biology hybrid between a Raggiana Bird of Paradise and Blue Bird of Paradise . It is named after Captain N.B. Blood who obtained the specimen through his travels in the East. History Only one specimen, an adult male, of this hybrid is known. It comes from the Mount Hagen area in Papua New Guinea and is held in the Australian Museum in Sydney . ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.505. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url cite journal author Iredale, Tom year 1948 title A check list of the birds of paradise and bowerbirds journal Australian Zoologist volume 11 issue pages 161 189 Birds of paradise Category Paradisaea Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Lupton s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Paradisaea species P. apoda novaeguineae br br x P. raggiana salvadorii synonyms Paradisaea apoda luptoni Percy Lowe Lowe , 1923 ref Lowe 1923 . ref Lupton s Bird of Paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid biology hybrid between a Greater Bird of Paradise and Raggiana Bird of Paradise . It was described by Percy Lowe in 1923 as a subspecies of the Greater Bird of Paradise, though he also noted the possibility of hybridisation. ref name Frith & Beehler 1998, p.506 Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.506. ref History This hybrid is known from many adult male specimens taken from the Fly River region of southern New Guinea . ref name Frith & Beehler 1998, p.506 Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url cite journal author Lowe, P.R. year 1923 title Description of Paradisea apoda luptoni journal Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club volume 43 issue pages 10 Birds of paradise Category Paradisaea Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Wonderful Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus species Seleucidis melanoleuca br br x Paradisaea minor synonyms Paradisaea mirabilis Anton Reichenow Reichenow , 1901 Janthothorax mirabilis Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Rothschild , 1903 Quesoparens mirabilis ref Iredale 1950 , p.v. ref The Wonderful Bird of Paradise , also known as Reichenow s Riflebird , ref name Iredale 1950, p.56 Iredale 1950 , p.56. ref is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is an intergeneric hybrid biology hybrid between a Twelve wired Bird of Paradise and Lesser Bird of Paradise . History Five adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum f r Naturkunde Berlin Natural History Museum and coming from Sorong Regency Sorong in the Bird s Head Peninsula Vogelkop Peninsula of north western New Guinea , Madang on the north eastern coast of New Guinea, as well as other unknown localities. ref name Iredale 1950, p.56 ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.516. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url cite book title Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds author Iredale, Tom year 1950 publisher Georgian House location Melbourne isbn pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
Taxobox name Magnificent Bird of paradise status LC status system IUCN3.1 image ZooBirdOfParadise.jpg image width 225px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Cicinnurus species C. magnificus binomial Cicinnurus magnificus binomial authority Thomas Pennant Pennant , 1781 The Magnificent Bird of paradise , Cicinnurus magnificus is a small, up to 26 cm long, Birds of Paradisebird of paradise with extremely complex plumage. The male has seemingly incandescent yellow wings, an iridescent green breast shield, blue feet, and is adorned with a yellow mantle on its neck. It has two long, curved, blue green sickle like tail feathers. The female is a comparatively drab olive brown bird with black barred buffy underparts. It lays two creamy yellow eggs. The Magnificent Bird of paradise is distributed amongst the hill and mid mountain forests of New Guinea and surrounding islands. Its diet consists mainly of fruits. Like most members of the Paradisaeidae family, the male is polygamous and performs an elaborate courtship display. A widespread and common species throughout its large range, the Magnificent Bird of paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES . Gallery gallery Image Bird Of Paradise 001.jpg male Image Bird of Paradise Image 003.jpg Male gallery References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51202 title Cicinnurus magnificus downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern External links http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 5830&m 0 BirdLife Species Factsheet http www.redlist.org search details.php?species 51202 IUCN Red List Commons Cicinnurus magnificus Birds of paradise passeri stub Category Cicinnurus Category Birds of Papua New Guinea Category Birds of Western New Guinea bg et Kuld ... more details
Taxobox name Lesser Bird of paradise status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Lesser Bird of Paradise.jpg image caption male image width 225px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Paradisaea species P. minor binomial Paradisaea minor binomial authority George Shaw Shaw , 1809 The Lesser Bird of paradise , Paradisaea minor, is a bird of paradise in the genus Paradisaea . Description The Lesser Bird of paradise is medium sized, up to 32 cm long, maroon brown with a yellow crown and brownish yellow upper back. The male has a dark emerald green throat, a pair of long tail wires and is adorned with ornamental flank plumes which are deep yellow at their base and fade outwards into white. The female is a maroon bird with a dark brown head and whitish underparts. It resembles the larger Greater Bird of paradise , but the male of that species has a dark chest, whereas the female is entirely brown no whitish underparts . Breeding The males are polygamous , and perform courtship displays in Lek mating arena leks . The female usually lays two pinkish eggs with dark markings in a nest in a tree high above ground. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and insects. Image Paradisaea minor female Bronx Zoo 3 4c.jpg thumb left Female at Bronx Zoo Distribution The Lesser Bird of paradise is distributed throughout forests of northern New Guinea , and the nearby islands of Misool and Yapen . Widespread and common throughout its large range, the Lesser Bird of paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES . References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51209 title Paradisaea minor downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern External links http www.birdlife.org datazone species ... search details.php?species 51209 IUCN Red List Commons Paradisaea minor Birds of paradise Category ... more details
Taxobox name Rothschild s Bird of Paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Paradisaea species P. raggiana augustaevictoriae br br x P. minor finschi synonyms Paradisaea mixta Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Rothschild , 1921 ref Rothschild 1921 . ref Rothschild s Bird of Paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid biology hybrid between a Raggiana Bird of Paradise and Lesser Bird of Paradise . It was named after British ornithologist Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Walter Rothschild . History At least four adult male specimens of this hybrid are known, and are held in the American Museum of Natural History , the Natural History Museum British Natural History Museum and the Australian Museum . Although localities are lacking for three of them, one comes from 110 km south of Madang in north eastern New Guinea . ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , pp.505 506. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url cite journal author Rothschild, Lord, W. year 1921 title On Paradisaea apoda granti and Paradisaea mixta n. sp. journal Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club volume 41 issue pages 127 Birds of paradise Category Paradisaea Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Passeri stub ... more details
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