- Magnificent Bird-of-paradise
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Magnificent Bird-of-paradise 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Paradisaeidae Genus: Cicinnurus Species: C. magnificus Binomial name Cicinnurus magnificus
(Pennant, 1781)The Magnificent Bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus magnificus is a small, up to 26 cm-long, bird-of-paradise with extremely complex plumage. The male has seemingly incandescent yellow wings, an iridescent-green breast shield, blue feet, and is adorned with a yellow mantle on its neck. It has two long, curved, blue-green sickle-like tail feathers. The female is a comparatively drab olive-brown bird with black-barred buffy underparts. It lays two creamy yellow eggs.
The Magnificent Bird-of-paradise is distributed amongst the hill and mid-mountain forests of New Guinea and surrounding islands. Its diet consists mainly of fruits. Like most members of the Paradisaeidae family, the male is polygamous and performs an elaborate courtship display.
A widespread and common species throughout its large range, the Magnificent Bird-of-paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
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References
- BirdLife International (2004). Cicinnurus magnificus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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Birds-of-paradise (family: Paradisaeidae) Genera and species LycocoraxParadise-crowArfak Astrapia • Splendid Astrapia • Ribbon-tailed Astrapia • Princess Stephanie's Astrapia • Huon AstrapiaWestern Parotia • Queen Carola's Parotia • Bronze Parotia • Lawes's Parotia • Eastern Parotia • Wahnes's ParotiaPteridophoraKing of Saxony Bird-of-paradiseLophorinaSuperb Bird-of-paradiseMagnificent Bird-of-paradise • Wilson's Bird-of-paradise • King Bird-of-paradiseSemiopteraStandardwingSeleucidisTwelve-wired Bird-of-paradiseLesser Bird-of-paradise • Greater Bird-of-paradise • Raggiana Bird-of-paradise • Goldie's Bird-of-paradise • Red Bird-of-paradise • Emperor Bird-of-paradise • Blue Bird-of-paradiseIncomplete list of likely hybrids Astrapian Sicklebill • Barnes' Astrapia • Bensbach's Bird of Paradise • Blood's Bird of Paradise • Duivenbode's Bird of Paradise • Duivenbode's Riflebird • Duivenbode's Six-wired Bird of Paradise • Elliot's Bird of Paradise • False-lobed Astrapia • Gilliard's Bird of Paradise • King of Holland's Bird of Paradise • Lupton's Bird of Paradise • Lyre-tailed King Bird of Paradise • Mantou's Riflebird • Maria's Bird of Paradise • Mysterious Bird of Bobairo • Rothschild's Bird of Paradise • Rothschild's Lobe-billed Bird of Paradise • Ruys' Bird of Paradise • Schodde's Bird of Paradise • Sharpe's Lobe-billed Parotia • Stresemann's Bird of Paradise • Wilhelmina's Bird of Paradise • Wonderful Bird of ParadiseThis Paradisaeidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. -
