Family
Birds-of-Paradise
Paradisaeidae
44 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. They are found mainly in New Guinea, as well as eastern Australia and the Moluccas. The family has 44 species in 17 genera.
Species in this family
- Ribbon-tailed Astrapia Astrapia mayeri
- Arfak Astrapia Astrapia nigra
- Huon Astrapia Astrapia rothschildi
- Splendid Astrapia Astrapia splendidissima
- Stephanie's Astrapia Astrapia stephaniae
- King Bird-of-Paradise Cicinnurus regius
- Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise Diphyllodes magnificus
- Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise Diphyllodes respublica
- Black-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis albertisi
- Pale-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis bruijnii
- Black Sicklebill Epimachus fastosus
- Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri
- Greater Lophorina Lophorina latipennis
- Lesser Lophorina Lophorina minor
- Vogelkop Lophorina Lophorina superba
- Obi Paradise-crow Lycocorax obiensis
- Halmahera Paradise-crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Curl-crested Manucode Manucodia comrii
- Jobi Manucode Manucodia jobiensis
- Short-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla brevicauda
- Long-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla carunculata
- Greater Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea apoda
- Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea decora
- Emperor Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea guilielmi
- Lesser Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea minor
- Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Red Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea rubra
- Blue Bird-of-Paradise Paradisornis rudolphi
- Bronze Parotia Parotia berlepschi
- Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae
- Eastern Parotia Parotia helenae
- Lawes's Parotia Parotia lawesii
- Western Parotia Parotia sefilata
- Wahnes's Parotia Parotia wahnesi
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise Pteridophora alberti
- Growling Riflebird Ptiloris intercedens
- Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus
- Paradise Riflebird Ptiloris paradiseus
- Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae
- Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus
- Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise Semioptera wallacii
Lookalikes compared
- Carola's Parotia vs Wahnes's Parotia
- Curl-crested Manucode vs Glossy-mantled Manucode
- Emperor Bird-of-Paradise vs Red Bird-of-Paradise
- Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise vs Lesser Bird-of-Paradise
- Lesser Bird-of-Paradise vs Greater Bird-of-Paradise
- Obi Paradise-crow vs Trumpet Manucode
- Splendid Astrapia vs Huon Astrapia
- Splendid Astrapia vs Stephanie's Astrapia