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Illustration of a greater bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea apoda, perched on a branch, showing its vibrant reddish-brown body, yellow head, green throat, and long, flowing yellow and pink tail feathers. Raggiana bird-of-paradise A Lesser Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea minor, with vibrant yellow, brown, and green plumage and long tail feathers, perched on a branch amid green leaves. lesser bird-of-paradise Illustration of a King of Saxony's bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti) perched on a mossy branch, featuring black and golden plumage with two long, ornate blue and brown head plumes extending far beyond its body. Magnificent riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus). lesser bird-of-paradise
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Bird-of-paradise: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 13, 2026
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Hybridization in birds-of-paradise: Widespread ancestral gene flow despite strong sexual selection in a lek-mating system. Aug 06, 2026
Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Birds-of-paradise �glow� with their skin and feathers. Feb 28, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Hybridization in birds-of-paradise: Widespread ancestral gene flow despite strong sexual selection in a lek-mating system. Nov 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Clemson Cooperative Extension - Home and Garden Information Center - Bird of Paradise. Apr 23, 2024
Add new Web site: The Cornell Lab - Bird Academy - Feathers: and the Birds-of-Paradise. Nov 24, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Hybridization in birds-of-paradise: Widespread ancestral gene flow despite strong sexual selection in a lek-mating system. Jul 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Oiseaux - Family Paradisaeidae. Jun 08, 2023
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Birds-of-Paradise: Beauty Kings. Jul 24, 2022
Add new Web site: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Birds-of-Paradise Project. Sep 05, 2016
Media added. Jun 08, 2016
Add new Web site: Creagrus - Bird of Paradise. Aug 21, 2013
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Birds of Paradise. Aug 21, 2013
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Animals and Plants - Bird of Paradise. Aug 21, 2013
Added image of lesser bird of paradise. May 23, 2011
Updated species count. Feb 26, 2010
Added image of greater bird-of-paradise. Dec 11, 2009
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Birds of Paradise. Aug 26, 2008
Added new Web site: U.S. Department of State - Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War 1899�1902. May 22, 2008
Article revised. Feb 16, 2001
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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