Paradise Riflebird
Ptiloris paradiseusSwainson, WJ, 1825
English (US) Paradise Riflebird
The Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus) 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: eastern Australia (Kroombit Tops, Gympie, southeastern Queensland to Barrington Tops, northeastern New South Wales)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptiloris paradiseus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Paradise Riflebird
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1825
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1825
- Type locality
- No locality [= northern New South Wales].
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 1, no.4 p.481
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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