Image: Red Bird of Paradise, John Gould

Red Bird of Paradise on vol. 1, pl. 31 from John Gould (1875 - 1888), Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia, completed after the author's death by R. Bowdler Sharpe.

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© Courtesy of the Australian Museum Research Library

Common name:

Red Bird of Paradise

Scientific name:

Paradisaea rubra

Family:

Paradisaeidae

Order:

Passeriformes

Last Updated: 31 March 2011