Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Red Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) - HBW 14, p. 491
French: Paradisier rouge
German: Rotparadiesvogel
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso Roja
Taxonomy: Paradisea rubra Daudin, 1800, Waigeo, West Papuan Islands, New Guinea.
Genus name sometimes spelt Paradisea (see page 46). Has been suggested to form a superspecies with P. minor, P. apoda, P. raggiana and P. decora. Monotypic.
Distribution: West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Gemien, Saonek and Batanta; presumably also Gam), off NW New Guinea.
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A close-up of the head of a perched male Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 32 sec 4.1 -
A female perched Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 27 sec 3.8 -
A male preening its wing and then calling one time Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 3.6 -
A female arranging the nest and then flying away. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 October 2009 1 year ago 24 sec 3 -
Male closeups. Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
Jonathan Beilby 17 February 2008 3 years ago 30 sec 3
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Bird closeup
Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
Jonathan Beilby 1 January 2008 2 years ago 4 -
Adult female perched on the branch.
Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 28 May 2011 36 weeks ago 3 -
Flying males, trying to display for a female their agility as elegant flyers.
Locality Batanta Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
mehdhalaouate 1 July 2008 2 years ago 2.8 -
20,000 Rupiah bank note, Indonesia
Locality Central Java Province, Java (Indonesia)
Captain Peter 1 January 1992 1 year ago 1.8
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Male calling Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 1 January 2007 2 years ago 3
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