Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Twelve Wired Bird of Paradise, Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise, Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise
Common Names in French:
Paradisier multifil
Common Names in German:
Fadenparadieshopf
Common Names in Japanese:
ジュウニセンフウチョウ
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 222 meters (0 to 728 feet).[1]
Biology
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Reproduction
In courtship display, the male's breast feathers are fanned into a shield , and the wire-like flank plumes are brought forward.
Taxonomy
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- 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
- 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
()
- Subfamily:
Corvinae
()
- Tribe:
Paradisaeini
()
- Genus:
Seleucidis
()
- Lesson 1834
- Specific name:
melanoleuca
- (Daudin) 1800
- Scientific name: - Seleucidis melanoleuca (Daudin, 1800) (Daudin) 1800
- Specific name:
melanoleuca
- (Daudin) 1800
- Genus:
Seleucidis
(
- Tribe:
Paradisaeini
(
- Subfamily:
Corvinae
(
- Family:
Paradisaeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Seleucidis melanoleuca (Daudin, 1800)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Seleucidis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. melanoleuca (Twelve Wired Bird of Paradise) · S. melanoleucus (Twelve-Wired Bird-Of-Paradise)
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Further Reading
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- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 188, p. 204.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 195, p. 219, p. 234.
- 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. 185, p. 214.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 227.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 231, p. 230.
Notes
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Contributors
- 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 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4080
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562913
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562913
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 146879
Footnotes
- Mean = -2,146.000 meters (-7,040.682 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,734.330 based on 4 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
