Emperor Bird-of-paradise
Paradisaea guilielmiCabanis, JL, 1888
English (US) Emperor Bird-of-paradise
The Emperor Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi) 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: northeastern New Guinea (lower mountains of Huon Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Paradisaea guilielmi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Emperor Bird-of-paradise
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1888
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Paradisea Guilielmi
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1888
- Type locality
- Kaiser Wilhelm's Land, restricted to the Sattelberg.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 36, no.181 p.119
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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