bird-of-paradise: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Paradisaeidae

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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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riflebird greater bird-of-paradise Queen Victoria’s riflebird 12-wired bird-of-paradise trumpetbird Loria’s bird-of-paradise Astrapia manucode flagbird plumebird vireo wood warbler shrike bowerbird tanager wren thrush drongo Hawaiian honeycreeper Corvidae

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

turkey vulture. vulture. Close-up of a head and beak of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)

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pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

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