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
Description
Habitat
Forest , second growth, lowlands to 1750 meters of New Guinea.
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.7Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove
Vegetation Above High Tide
Level
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Perching Birds
- Subfamily:
Corvinae
()
- Tribe:
Paradisaeini
()
- Genus:
Paradisaea
()
- Linnaeus 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.110
- Specific name:
raggiana
- Sclater,PL 1873 PZS Pt2p.559
- Scientific name: - Paradisaea raggiana Sclater,PL 1873
- Specific name:
raggiana
- Sclater,PL 1873 PZS Pt2p.559
- Genus:
Paradisaea
(
- Tribe:
Paradisaeini
(
- Subfamily:
Corvinae
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Paradisaea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. apoda (Greater Bird-Of-Paradise) · P. apoda apoda (Greater Bird-Of-Paradise) · P. apoda novaeguineae · P. apoda raggiana · P. decora (Goldie's Bird-Of-Paradise) · P. guilielmi (Emperor of Germany Bird of Paradise) · P. minor (Lesser Bird of Paradise) · P. minor finschi · P. minor jobiensis · P. minor minor (Lesser Bird of Paradise) · P. raggiana (Raggiana Bird-Of-Paradise) · P. raggiana raggiana (Raggiana Bird of Paradise) · P. raggiana salvadorii · P. raggiana ssp · P. rubra (Red Bird of Paradise) · P. rudolphi (Blue Bird of Paradise)
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Further Reading
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 6, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
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: 3847247
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561811
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561811
- IUCN ID: 51211
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139988
