Paradisaea Birds-of-Paradise
Paradisaea
The genus Paradisaea consists of seven species of birds-of-paradise (family Paradisaeidae). The genus is found on the island of New Guinea as well as the nearby islands groups of the Aru Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands and West Papua Islands. The species inhabit a range of forest types from sea level to mid-montane forests. Several species have highly restricted distributions, and all species have disjunct distributions. A 2009 study examining the mitochondrial DNA of the family found that...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Red Bird-of-Paradise
speciesParadisaea rubra
Lesser Bird-of-Paradise
speciesParadisaea minor
Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise
speciesParadisaea raggiana
Greater Bird-of-Paradise
speciesParadisaea apoda
Emperor Bird-of-Paradise
speciesParadisaea guilielmi
Greater × Raggiana Bird-of-paradise
hybridParadisaea apoda × raggiana
Lesser × Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise
hybridParadisaea minor × raggiana
Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise
speciesParadisaea decora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis (1802)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1802 · p.326
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis (1802)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1802 · p.331
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis (1802)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1802 · p.335
François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.140
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8176.