Unreferenced date December 2009 Taxobox name Ptiloris image Victorias riflebird.jpg image caption Ptiloris victoriae regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Ptiloris genus authority William John Swainson Swainson , 1825 subdivision ranks Subgenus subdivision Craspedophora Ptiloris The genus Ptiloris consists of four species of riflebirds 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 United Kingdom British army riflemen . Species Magnificent Riflebird , Ptiloris magnificus Growling Riflebird , Ptiloris intercedens Paradise Riflebird , Ptiloris paradiseus Victoria s Riflebird , Ptiloris victoriae References reflist Birds of paradise Category Ptiloris Category Genera of birds Paradisaeidae stub ca Ptiloris de Reifelv gel es Ptiloris fr Ptiloris hu Ptiloris nl Ptiloris pl Ptiloris pt Ptiloris ru fi Viuhkasiivet ... more details
Taxobox name Growling Riflebird status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Ptiloris species P. intercedens binomial Ptiloris intercedens binomial authority Richard Bowdler Sharpe Sharpe , 1882 The Growling Riflebird , Ptiloris intercedens also known as Eastern Riflebird is a medium sized passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is a velvet black and green Birds of Paradise bird of paradise with black flank plumes, black curved Beak bill , yellow mouth, blackish feet and dark brown Iris anatomy iris . It has an iridescent greenish blue on its crown, throat, breast shield and central tail feathers. The female is a rufous brown bird with barred buff below. Its appearance resembles and sometimes considered as a subspecies of the Magnificent Riflebird , being different by the lower breast and abdomen coloration, male s distinctive growling song and feathered culmen base. The Growling Riflebird is distributed and Endemism in birds endemic to the lowlands of easternmost Papua New Guinea . The male is polygamous and performs courtship display solitarily. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods . A common species throughout its range, the Growling Riflebird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES . References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51200 title Ptiloris intercedens downloaded 30 October 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern External links http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 5827&m 0 BirdLife Species Factsheet http www.redlist.org search details.php?species 51200 IUCN Red List Birds of paradise Category Ptiloris Category Birds of Papua New Guinea Paradisaeidae stub ... more details
Taxobox name Paradise Riflebird status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Ptiloris paradiseus by Bowdler Sharpe.jpg image width 225px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus Ptiloris species P. paradiseus binomial Ptiloris paradiseus binomial authority William John Swainson Swainson , 1825 The Paradise Riflebird , Ptiloris paradiseus, is a medium sized, up to 30 cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae Birds of Paradise family. The male is black with an iridescent greenish blue crown, throat and central tail feathers. It has a black curved Beak bill , black feet, dark brown Iris anatomy iris and yellow mouth. The female is an olive brown bird with barred blackish below. Endemism in birds Endemic to eastern Australia , the Paradise Riflebird is distributed to rainforests of New South Wales and central Queensland . The diet consists mainly of insects and fruits. In displays, the male extends his wings and fans them upward with its head behind the wings to expose his metallic green throat feathers. He then moves his head from side to side with open bill to show off his bright yellow mouth. The Paradise Riflebird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES . Image Paradise Riflebird cairncross95.ogg thumb 300px left Maleny, SE Queensland br style clear both References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 18815 title Ptiloris paradiseus downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern External links NIE Poster Rifle bird year 1905 http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 5829&m 0 BirdLife Species Factsheet http www.redlist.org search details.php?species 18815 IUCN Red List Birds of paradise Category Ptiloris Category Birds of Australia Paradisaeidae stub et L una paradiisilind es Ptiloris paradiseus fr Paradisier festonn hu Pajzsos ... more details
George Robert Gray Gray , 1840, which is now a subgenus of Ptiloris . References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51199 title Ptiloris magnificus downloaded 29 October ... Category Ptiloris Category Birds of Australia Category Birds of Western New Guinea Category Birds ... more details
id 51201 title Ptiloris victoriae downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why ...?species 51201 IUCN Red List Birds of paradise Category Ptiloris Category Birds of Australia ... more details
Taxobox name Duivenbode s Riflebird image CraspedophoraKeulemans.jpg status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus species Ptiloris magnificus intercedens br br x Lophorina superba minor synonyms Paryphephorus Craspedophora duivenbodei Adolf Bernard Meyer Meyer , 1890 Duivenbode s Riflebird is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a presumed intergeneric hybrid biology hybrid between a Magnificent Riflebird and Superb Bird of Paradise . History Three adult male specimens are recorded of this hybrid, held in the American Museum of Natural History and Natural History Museum British Natural History Museum , with the third, the type specimen in the Staatliches Museum f r Tierkunde Dresden Dresden Natural History Museum being desroyed in the course of World War II . They derive from the area inland of Yule Island in south eastern New Guinea , not far from Port Moresby . ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , pp.515 516. ref ref Iredale 1950 , p.55. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url cite book title Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds author Iredale, Tom year 1950 publisher Georgian House location Melbourne isbn pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Paradisaeidae stub ... more details
Taxobox name Bensbach s Bird of paradise image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus species Ptiloris m. magnificus br br x Paradisaea m. minor synonyms Janthothorax bensbachi Johann B ttikofer B ttikofer , 1894 Bensbach s Bird of paradise , also known as Bensbach s Riflebird , is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is an intergeneric hybrid biology hybrid between a Magnificent Riflebird and Lesser Bird of paradise . History Only one adult male specimen is known of this hybrid, held in the Naturalis Netherlands Natural History Museum and coming from the Arfak Mountains of north western New Guinea . It is named after J. Bensbach, Dutch Resident at Ternate , who presented the specimen to the museum. ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , p.517. ref ref Iredale 1950 , p.56. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url cite book title Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds author Iredale, Tom year 1950 publisher Georgian House location Melbourne isbn pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Paradisaeidae stub ... more details
Taxobox name Mantou s Riflebird image status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paradisaeidae genus species Seleucidis melanoleuca br br x Ptiloris magnificus synonyms Craspedophora mantoui mile Oustalet Oustalet , 1891 Heteroptilorhis mantoui Richard Bowdler Sharpe Sharpe , 1898 Craspedophora bruyni Johann B ttikofer B ttikofer , 1895 Mantou s Riflebird , also known as Bruijn s Riflebird , is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid biology hybrid between a Twelve wired Bird of Paradise and Magnificent Riflebird . History At least 12 adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in various museums and of unknown provenance except one from the Arfak Mountains of north western New Guinea . ref Frith & Beehler 1998 , pp.517 518. ref Notes reflist References cite book title The Birds of Paradise author Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. year 1998 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 9780198548539 pages url Birds of paradise Category Hybrid birds of paradise Category Birds of New Guinea Paradisaeidae stub ... more details
File Ptiloris paradiseus by Bowdler Sharpe.jpg thumb right 250px alt Illustration by Richard Bowdler Sharpe of a group of three Paradise Riflebirds perched on branches The IBA is an important area for Paradise Riflebirds The Nightcap Range Important Bird Area is a 157 km sup 2 sup fragmented tract of land containing several protected areas of rainforest in the Nightcap Range of north eastern New South Wales , Australia . Some 61 of the site is included in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Site World Heritage Area . Description The site consists of the Nightcap National Park Nightcap , Mount Jerusalem National Park Mount Jerusalem and Goonengerry National Park s, Snows Gully Nature Reserve and the Whian Whian State Conservation Area. The altitude ranges from 250 933 m above sea level. Where the soil s have a rhyolite rhyolitic base the vegetation is warm temperate rainforest , while areas of nutrient rich basalt ic soils support subtropical rainforest. The annual average rainfall, of 2351 mm at an altitude of 380 m, is the highest of any region in NSW, with average winter temperatures of 7 17 C and summer temperatures of 17 27 C. ref BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Nightcap Range. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 31 08 2011. ref Birds The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area IBA because it contains the largest known population of Albert s Lyrebird s, as well as populations of Pale yellow Robin s, Paradise Riflebird s, Green Catbird s, Regent Bowerbird s and Australian Logrunner s. ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Nightcap Range accessdate 2011 08 30 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref References reflist coord 28 32 43 S 153 20 20 E display title region AU NSW type landmark Category Important Bird Areas of New South Wales Category Northern Rivers NewSouthWales geo stub ... more details
in the genus Ptiloris , two are endemic to the coastal forests of eastern Australia , one occurs ... , Ptiloris and Lophorina , but support values for some of these is inclusions is low. The fourth ... col 2 Genus Ptiloris Magnificent Riflebird , Ptiloris magnificus Growling Riflebird , Ptiloris intercedens Paradise Riflebird , Ptiloris paradiseus Victoria s Riflebird , Ptiloris victoriae Genus Epimachus ... more details
NZ Paradisaeidae Paradise Riflebird , Ptiloris paradiseus Australia Aus Victoria s Riflebird , Ptiloris victoriae Australia Aus Magnificent Riflebird , Ptiloris magnificus Australia Aus Trumpet ... more details
File Australia map with outlying islands.svg thumb right 300px The list scope includes outlying islands br 1. Cocos Keeling Islands br 2. Christmas Island br 3. Ashmore Reef br 4. Torres Strait Islands br 5. Lord Howe Island br 6. Norfolk Island br 7. Macquarie Island br 8. Heard Island and McDonald Islands Wildlife of Australia This is a list of the Wildness Degrees of domestication wild birds found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories, but excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory . The outlying islands covered include Christmas Island Christmas , Cocos Keeling Islands Cocos Keeling , Ashmore Reef Ashmore , Torres Strait Islands Torres Strait , Coral Sea Islands Coral Sea , Lord Howe Island Lord Howe , Norfolk Island Norfolk , Macquarie Island Macquarie , and Heard Island and McDonald Islands Heard McDonald . The list includes introduced species , common vagrancy biology vagrants and recently Extinction extinct species. It excludes extirpated introductions e.g. Ostrich , some very rare vagrants seen once and species only present in captivity. Eight hundred and forty two Extant taxon extant species are listed. The taxonomy followed is from Christidis and Boles, 2008. ref cite book last1 Christidis first1 Leslie author1 link Christidis last2 Boles first2 Walter title Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds year 2008 publisher CSIRO location Melbourne isbn 9780643096028 ref Their system has been developed over nearly two decades ref cite book last1 Christidis first1 Leslie author1 link Christidis last2 Boles first2 Walter title The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories publisher Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union year 1994 isbn 9781875122066 ref and has strong local support ref cite web url http www.birdsaustralia.com.au birds checklist.html title Birds Australia Ch ... more details
File Raggiana Bird of Paradise wild 5.jpg right thumb The Raggiana Bird of Paradise is the national bird of Papua New Guinea. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Papua New Guinea . The avifauna of Papua New Guinea includes a total of 781 species, of which 76 are Endemism in birds endemic , one has been Introduced species introduced by humans , and 18 are rare or accidental. 28 species are globally threatened. This list s Taxonomy taxonomic treatment designation and sequence of orders, families, and species and nomenclature common and scientific names follow the conventions of James Clements Clements s 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Papua New Guinea. The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories. A Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Papua New Guinea. E Endemic A species endemic to Papua New Guinea. I Introduced A species introduced to Papua New Guinea as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions. NOTOC class toccolours style margin 0 auto width 55em clear both Table of contents style padding 0 2 0 2 text align center Non passerines Cassowaries Cassowaries . Grebes Grebes . Shearwaters and petrels Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm Petrels Storm Petrels . Tropicbirds Tropicbirds . Pelicans Pelicans . Boobies and gannets Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants Cormorants . Darters Darters . Frigatebirds Frigatebirds . Bitterns, herons and egrets Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks Storks . Ibises and spoonbills Ibises and Spoonbills . Ducks, geese and swans Ducks, Geese and Swans . Osprey Osprey . Hawks, kites and eagles Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and falcons Caracaras and Falcons . Megapodes Megapodes . Pheasants and partridges Pheas ... more details
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