King Bird-of-Paradise Cicinnurus regius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (2)
Clifford Frith and Dawn Frith
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 28, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 28, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Кралска райска птица |
| Dutch | Koningsparadijsvogel |
| English | King Bird-of-Paradise |
| English (United States) | King Bird-of-Paradise |
| French | Paradisier royal |
| French (France) | Paradisier royal |
| German | Königsparadiesvogel |
| Icelandic | Konungsdjásni |
| Indonesian | Cendrawasih raja |
| Japanese | ヒヨクドリ |
| Norwegian | kongeparadisfugl |
| Polish | latawiec królewski |
| Russian | Королевская райская птица |
| Serbian | Kraljevska rajska ptica |
| Slovak | rajka kráľovská |
| Spanish | Ave del Paraíso Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ave del paraíso real |
| Swedish | kungsparadisfågel |
| Turkish | Kral Cennetkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Дивоптах королівський |
Cicinnurus regius (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Paradisaea regia
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.110.
TYPE LOCALITY:
East Indies = Aru Islands (Berlepseh, 1911).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CICINNURUS
- regius
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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)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the King Bird-of-Paradise