Ptiloris

Taxobox
name = "Ptiloris"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Paradisaeidae
genus = "Ptiloris"
genus_authority = Swainson, 1825
subdivision_ranks = Subgenus
subdivision =
*"Craspedophora"
*"Ptiloris"The genus "Ptiloris" consist of four riflebirds species of the Paradisaeidae family.

It is distributed in the rainforests of New Guinea and Australia. Members of this genus are sexually dimorphic. The males perform solitary displays.

These birds of paradise was named "riflebird" for the likeness of their black and green plumages to the uniform of early nineteenth century British army riflemen.

pecies

* Magnificent Riflebird, "Ptiloris magnificus"
* Eastern Riflebird, "Ptiloris intercedens"
* Paradise Riflebird, "Ptiloris paradiseus"
* Victoria's Riflebird, "Ptiloris victoriae"