Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) - HBW 14, p. 476
French: Paradisier de Victoria
German: Victoriaparadiesvogel
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso de Victoria
Other common names: Queen Victoria('s) Riflebird, Victorian/Lesser Riflebird
Taxonomy: Ptiloris Victoriae Gould, 1850, Barnard Island, north Queensland, Australia.
Sometimes thought to form a superspecies with P. magnificus, and has been considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Atherton Region of NE Queensland (from Big Tableland, S of Cooktown, S to Mt Elliot, and some offshore islands), in NE Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a branch and then feeding at a feeder Locality Kuranda State Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 4 August 2007 4 years ago 30 sec 4.8 -
A female on a branch, finally jumping away Locality Kuranda State Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 4 August 2007 4 years ago 21 sec 4.8 -
A close view of a male feeding at a feeder Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 27 July 2007 4 years ago 40 sec 4.8 -
A female feeding on butter on a balcony Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 3 August 2004 6 years ago 10 sec 4.4 -
A male perched Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 3 August 2004 6 years ago 18 sec 4.3 -
A male calling on top of a trunk Locality Lake Eacham National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
David Fisher 17 October 2006 6 years ago 38 sec 4.1
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Easy to see from the deck at Cassowary House
Locality Cassowary House, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
Lee Hunter 27 June 2011 33 weeks ago 4.3 -
Male feeding in a plate
Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 20 September 2007 4 years ago 4.3 -
Female on a branch a short distance from the breakfast deck.
Locality Cassowary House, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
Lee Hunter 25 June 2011 13 weeks ago 4.2 -
Female Victoria's Riflebird
Locality Lake Eacham National Park, Queensland, Australia
becky1950 1 May 2009 3 years ago 4.2 -
Female perched in a rainforest tree
Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 22 July 2009 2 years ago 4.1 -
female on a branch
Locality Lake Eacham National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 18 September 2007 4 years ago 4
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