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Definition of Bird of paradise

Bird of paradise
Bird of paradise Bird" of par"a*dise (Zo["o]l.) The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. Note: The Great emerald (Paradisea apoda) and the Lesser emerald (P. minor) furnish many of the plumes used as ornaments by ladies; the Red is P. rubra or sanguinea; the Golden is Parotia aurea or sexsetacea; the King is Cincinnurus regius. The name is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another related group (Epimachin[ae]) from the same region. The Twelve-wired (Seleucides alba) is one of these. See Paradise bird, and Note under Apod.

Meaning of Bird of paradise from wikipedia

- The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order P****eriformes. The majority of species are found in eastern Indonesia, Papua...
- Bird Paradise is an aviary located in Mandai, Singapore. Opened on 8 May 2023, it replaced the Jurong Bird Park and forms a part of the Mandai Wildlife...
- Bird of paradise may refer to: Bird-of-paradise, a family of birds of the family Paradisaeidae Strelitzia, bird of paradise flower or plant, a genus of...
- The Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana), also known as Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise, is a large bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae...
- paradise flower/plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa, it is commonly known as a crane flower. Two of the...
- bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) is a bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea. Carl Linnaeus named the species Paradisaea apoda, or "legless bird-of-paradise"...
- Wilson's bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes respublica) is a species of p****erine bird of the family Paradisaeidae. The first footage of the Wilson's bird-of-paradise...
- The king bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius) is a p****erine bird of the Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise) family. It is considered by the IOC checklist...
- standardwing bird-of-paradise (Semioptera wallacii), also known as Wallace's standardwing or as the standardwing, is a species of bird-of-paradise. It is the...
- The lesser bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor) is a bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea. The lesser bird-of-paradise is medium-sized, up to 32 cm...