Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise)  
Genus: Paradisaea (6 species)


Greater Bird-of-paradise
Greater Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) Male
Range: AU: s New Guinea and Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Greater Bird-of-paradise
Greater Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) Male
Range: AU: s New Guinea and Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Goldie's Bird-of-paradise
Goldie's Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea decora) Male Vulnerable
Range: AU: Fergusson and Normanby (D'Entrecasteaux Arch., e of se New Guinea)
Fergusson Island, d'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by Charles Davies     Copyright and usage info


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Emperor Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Huon Pen. (ne New Guinea)
 



Lesser Bird-of-paradise
Lesser Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor)
Range: AU: w, n New Guinea
Nimbokrang, West Papua, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Lesser Bird-of-paradise
Lesser Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor) Female
Range: AU: w, n New Guinea
Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Raggiana Bird-of-paradise
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
Range: AU: ne, se New Guinea
Varirata National Park, Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) Male
Range: AU: ne, se New Guinea
San Diego Zoo, California, USA  
 
Photograph by Vic Murayama     Copyright and usage info


Red Bird-of-paradise
Red Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Waigeo, Gam and Saonek (s of Waigeo) and Batanta (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea)
Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.



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