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The blue bird-of-paradise was formally described in 1886 by the German naturalists Otto Finsch and Adolf Bernhard Meyer. They placed the bird in a new genus Paradisornis and coined the binomial name Paradisornis rudolphi. [2] The genus name Paradisornis combines the Ancient Greek paradeisos meaning "paradise" with ornis meaning "bird".
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
[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]
A 2009 study examining the mitochondrial DNA of the family found that the Paradisaea birds-of-paradise were in a clade with the genus Cicinnurus. It showed that the blue bird-of-paradise was a sister taxon to all the other species in this genus. [3] All are large, and sexually dimorphic.
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Sotheby’s Fashion Icons Sale is auctioning Carrie Bradshaw’s iconic blue bird headpiece. The taxidermied Bird of Paradise accessory features a long blue feather that is attached to the animal ...
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 ...
The genus name is composed of par, meaning "near" and Ancient Greek ωτος ōtos for "ear", specifically meaning "curl of hair by the ear", referring to six head plumes on each side of the head, characteristic to male birds of this genus. [4]