Red Bird-of-paradise
Paradisaea rubraDaudin, FM, 1800
English (US) Red Bird-of-paradise
The Red Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) 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: Waigeo, Batanta, and satellite islands (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Paradisaea rubra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Red Bird-of-paradise
- Described by
- Daudin, FM, 1800
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Paradisea rubra
- Described by
- Daudin, FM, 1800
- Type locality
- 'New Guinea', error for Waigeu.
- Original description
- Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie 2 p.271
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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