Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise Diphyllodes magnificus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (3)
Clifford Frith and Dawn Frith
Version: 1.1 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Великолепна райска птица |
Catalan | ocell del paradís magnífic |
Croatian | zelenotrba rajska ptica |
Dutch | Geelkraagparadijsvogel |
English | Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise |
English (United States) | Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise |
Estonian | kuld-paradiisilind |
French | Paradisier magnifique |
French (Canada) | Paradisier magnifique |
German | Sichelschwanz-Paradiesvogel |
Icelandic | Ljómadjásni |
Indonesian | Cendrawasih belah-rotan |
Japanese | キンミノフウチョウ |
Norwegian | praktparadisfugl |
Polish | latawiec złotogrzbiety |
Russian | Великолепная райская птица |
Serbian | Tankorepa rajska ptica |
Slovak | rajka pestrá |
Spanish | Ave del Paraíso Magnífica |
Spanish (Spain) | Ave del paraíso magnífica |
Swedish | praktparadisfågel |
Turkish | Muhteşem Cennetkuşu |
Ukrainian | Дивоптах-білозір золотоспинний |
Revision Notes
Claire Walter prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Diphyllodes magnificus (Pennant, 1781)
PROTONYM:
Paradisea Magnifica
Pennant, 1781. Indische Zoologie oder systematischer Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien (etc.), p.40.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New Guinea. Restricted to the Arfak Mountains. (Based on Martinet's pl. 631 in Buffon's les Planches enluminées).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- DIPHYLLODES
- magnificus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
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Distribution of the Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise