Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Raggiana Bird of Paradise, Raggiana Bird-of-paradise
Common Names in French:
Paradisier de Raggi
Common Names in German:
Raggiparadiesvogel
Common Names in Japanese:
アカカザリフウチョウ
Description
Habitat
Forest , second growth, lowlands to 1750 meters of New Guinea.
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Paradisaeidae
()
- Genus:
Paradisaea
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
raggiana
- Sclater, PL 1873
- Scientific name: - Paradisaea raggiana Sclater, 1873 Sclater, PL 1873
- Specific name:
raggiana
- Sclater, PL 1873
- Genus:
Paradisaea
(
- Family:
Paradisaeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Paradisaea raggiana Sclater, 1873
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Sclater, W. L. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1873: 517,
1873.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Paradisaea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. apoda (Greater Bird of Paradise) · P. apoda apoda (Greater Bird of Paradise) · P. decora (Goldie's Bird of Paradise) · P. guilielmi (Emperor Of Germany's Bird-Of-Paradise) · P. minor (Lesser Bird-Of-Paradise) · P. minor minor (Lesser Bird-Of-Paradise) · P. raggiana (Raggiana Bird of Paradise) · P. raggiana raggiana (Raggiana Bird-Of-Paradise) · P. rubra (Red Bird-Of-Paradise) · P. rudolphi (Blue Bird-Of-Paradise)
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Further Reading
- Biology: concepts and applications / Cecie Starr. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub., c1997. url p. 232, p. 801.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 135, p. 195, p. 212.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 109, p. 185, p. 207.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 225.
- IUCN Directory of Protected Areas in Oceania IUCN url p. 234, p. 443.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 230.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Paradisaea raggiana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4084
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561811
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13796503
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561811
- IUCN ID: 229917
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139988
