Bird of Paradise - Birds

Birds

  • Bird-of-paradise, the family of birds, Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes
    • The genera of this family that have "Bird-of-paradise" in the common name:
  • Pteridophora
  • Lophorina
  • Cicinnurus
  • Seleucidis
  • Paradisaea
  • Macgregor's Giant Honeyeater, a black crow-like bird also known as Macgregor's Bird of Paradise
  • Satinbirds, a family of passerines originally thought to be part of the Paradisaeidae family
  • Melampitta, an enigmatic genus of birds placed by some authors in Paradisaeidae
  • Huma bird, a mythological creature commonly depicted in Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Urdu poetry

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