Wilson's bird-of-paradise

Wilson's bird-of-paradise
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Diphyllodes
Species:
D. respublica
Binomial name
Diphyllodes respublica
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Cicinnurus respublica (Bonaparte, 1850)
  • Cicinnurus respublika (misspelling)[2]

Wilson's bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes respublica) is a species of passerine bird of the family Paradisaeidae.

The first footage of the Wilson's bird-of-paradise ever to be filmed was recorded in 1996 by David Attenborough for the BBC documentary Attenborough in Paradise. He did so by dropping leaves on the forest floor, which irritated the bird into clearing them away.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cicinnurus respublica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706202A94055998. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706202A94055998.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Biolib