Paradisaea

Family Common Name Species Paradisaeidae Curl-crested manucode Manucodia comrii* Paradisaeidae Goldie's bird-of-paradise Paradisaea decora* An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

Trobriand Islands rain forests 2008

The three similar Paradisaea species P. rubra, P. guilielmi and P. decora are found in the Moluccas (to the west of New Guinea) and in extreme eastern New Guinea, but nowhere in between.

Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006

Archbold's bowerbird (Archboldia papuensis), ribbon-tailed astrapia (Astrapia mayeri), and the blue bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) are considered vulnerable.

Central Range montane rain forests 2008

At the end of a week, the more assiduous of the two boys returned exultantly with a specimen of Paradisaea apoda, the greater bird of paradise.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

To me it suggests nothing so much as Paradisaea apoda, the greater bird of paradise, raising its plumes in lubricious display.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

At the end of a week, the more assiduous of the two boys returned exultantly with a specimen of Paradisaea apoda, the greater bird of paradise.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

To me it suggests nothing so much as Paradisaea apoda, the greater bird of paradise, raising its plumes in lubricious display.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Family Common Name Species Megapodiidae Red-billed brush-turkey Talegalla cuvieri Loriidae Striated lorikeet Charmosyna multistriata Alcedinidae Little paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis Meliphagidae Spot-breasted meliphaga Meliphaga mimikae Paradisaeidae Greater bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests 2008

“A Promiscuous Mating System in the Blue Bird of Paradise Paradisaea rudolphi.”

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

“A Promiscuous Mating System in the Blue Bird of Paradise Paradisaea rudolphi.”

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004