Image: Red Bird of Paradise painting
Red Bird of Paradise (Paradisea rubra). John Gould, The Birds of New Guinea, and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, vol.1, pl.30, 1875-1888.
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum Research Library
- Common name:
- Red Bird of Paradise
- Scientific name:
- Paradisaea rubra
- Family:
- Paradisaeidae
- Order:
- Passeriformes
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1 comment
wallace1235 -
3.11 PM, 26 November 2010
That's really a beautiful painting of the red bird of paradise!The banana tree has an exiquiste flower that is said to resemble the bird of paradise in full flight!
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