Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise Diphyllodes magnificus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Subspecies (3)
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Великолепна райска птица |
| Dutch | Geelkraagparadijsvogel |
| English | Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise |
| English (United States) | Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise |
| French | Paradisier magnifique |
| French (France) | Paradisier magnifique |
| German | Sichelschwanz-Paradiesvogel |
| Icelandic | Ljómadjásni |
| Indonesian | Cendrawasih belah-rotan |
| Japanese | キンミノフウチョウ |
| Norwegian | praktparadisfugl |
| Polish | latawiec złotogrzbiety |
| Russian | Великолепная райская птица |
| Slovak | rajka pestrá |
| Spanish | Ave del Paraíso Magnífica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ave del paraíso magnífica |
| Swedish | praktparadisfågel |
| Turkish | Muhteşem Cennetkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Дивоптах-білозір золотоспинний |
Revision Notes
Claire Walter prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Diphyllodes magnificus (Pennant, 1781)
PROTONYM:
Paradisea Magnifica
Pennant, 1781. Indische Zoologie oder systematischer Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien (etc.), p.40.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New Guinea. Restricted to the Arfak Mountains. (Based on Martinet's pl. 631 in Buffon's les Planches enluminées).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DIPHYLLODES
- magnificus
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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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