Greater Bird-of-paradise
Paradisaea apodaLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Greater Bird-of-paradise
The Greater Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southern New Guinea including Aru IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Paradisaea apoda
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Greater Bird-of-paradise
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- India [= Aru Islands].
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.110
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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