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[3] [4] The genus name is a contracted form of Manucodiata that had been used in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson for a group of birds-of-paradise. [5] [6] The word is derived from the Old Javanese Manuk meaning "birds" and dewata meaning "of the gods". [6] The genus contains five species. [7]
The parotias are a genus, Parotia, of passerine birds in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. They are endemic to New Guinea. They are also known as six-plumed birds of paradise, due to their six head quills. These birds were featured prominently in the BBC series Planet Earth.
The glossy-mantled manucode (Manucodia ater) is a species of bird-of-paradise. The glossy-mantled manucode was the first bird of paradise encountered by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson , the first westerner to see live wild birds of paradise.
العربية; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская; Български; Brezhoneg; Català; Чӑвашла; Cebuano; Čeština; Dansk; Deutsch; Eesti ...
The western or Arfak parotia (Parotia sefilata) is a medium-sized, approximately 33 cm long, bird-of-paradise with a medium-length tail. Parotia comes from the Greek parotis, a lock or curl of hair by the ear, alluding to the head wires. The specific name sefilata is derived from the Latin word 'sex', meaning six, and filum, a thread or ...
The birds of paradise are thought to have originated 24–30 million years ago and belong to the radiation of passerines that occurred in Australia during the last 60 million years. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] As Australia become more arid over the last several million years, the birds of paradise withdrew to the regional rainforests of New Guinea and ...
Whereas the branches were said to be nested by the birds, who were usually identified as human souls. [ 2 ] The etymological reconstruction of the word, supported by preserved beliefs, allows us to connect the Iriy with the oldest Slavic ideas about the other world, which is located underground or beyond the sea, where the path lies through ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Corvoidea is a superfamily of birds in the order of Passeriformes. ... Paradisaeidae – birds-of-paradise;