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It is a striking ornamental plant native to South America, mainly Argentina and Uruguay. [1] It is naturalized in Texas, and fairly common in the rest of the southwestern United States, [1] where it is known as bird of paradise bush, desert bird of paradise, yellow bird of paradise, and barba de chivo.
Birds-of-paradise range in size from the king bird-of-paradise at 50 g (1.8 oz) and 15 cm (5.9 in) to the curl-crested manucode at 44 cm (17 in) and 430 g (15 oz). The male black sicklebill , with its long tail, is the longest species at 110 cm (43 in).
Strelitzia nicolai, commonly known as the wild banana or giant white bird of paradise, is a species of banana-like plants with erect woody stems reaching a height of 7–8 m (23–26 ft), and the clumps formed can spread as far as 3.5 m (11 ft).
S. reginae fruit capsules and seeds – MHNT. Strelitzia / s t r ɛ ˈ l ɪ t s i ə / [3] is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae. [4] A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower/plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise.
This so-called "living gem" [9] is the smallest and most vividly colored among birds-of-paradise. The king bird-of-paradise is small, measuring approximately 6.3–7.5 inches (16–19 cm) long, but 12.2 inches (31 cm) if central rectrices of adult males included. [10]
A drawing of the emperor bird-of-paradise. The emperor bird-of-paradise is large, approximately 33 cm long, yellow and brown with a reddish-brown iris, bluish-grey bill and purplish-brown legs. The male has an extensive dark emerald green face and throat, two very long tail wires and large white ornamental flank plumes.
These birds were featured prominently in the BBC series Planet Earth. The males of the genus are characterized by an ornamental plumage consisting of six wired head plumes with black oval -shaped tips, a neck collar of black, decomposed feathers which can be spread into a skirt -like shape, and bright or iridescent head and throat markings.
The magnificent bird-of-paradise is included in the same genus as the King and Wilson's Birds-of-paradise, though it is more closely related to the latter. The genus Cicinnurus forms a clade with the genera Paradisaea and Paradisornis, and the other closest genus is Astrapia, though it is not included in the clade.