Biology:Diphyllodes
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Short description: Genus of birds
Diphyllodes | |
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Wilson's bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes respublica) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Diphyllodes Lesson, RP, 1834 |
Diphyllodes is a genus of birds-of-paradise. Established by René-Primevère Lesson in 1834, it contains two species: the magnificent bird-of-paradise and Wilson's bird-of-paradise.[1] Both species are endemic to New Guinea, where they are found in forested uplands. The genus is sometimes subsumed into the genus Cicinnurus.[2]
Species
References
- ↑ "Crows, mudnesters & birds-of-paradise". International Ornithological Committee. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/crows/. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ↑ Beehler, Bruce M.; Pratt, Thane K. (2016). Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics. Princeton NJ, US: Princeton University Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-691-16424-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=wRR1CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA434.
Wikidata ☰ Q960998 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphyllodes.
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