Magnificent Bird-of-paradise bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsMagnificent Bird of Paradise
Old latin name for birdDiphyllodes seleucides, Diphyllodes magnifica, Paradisea magnifica, Cicinnurus magnificus
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyBirds-of-paradise / Paradisaeidae
GenusDiphyllodes
Breeding regionAustralasia
Breeding subregionNew Guinea and satellites

Magnificent Bird-of-paradise bird sounds *

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    Call, male, voices, © Phil Gregory
    Papua New Guinea
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    Call, male, song, voices, © Phil Gregory
    Papua New Guinea
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    Male, song, © Robson Silva e Silva
    Indonesia
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    Song, © Hans Matheve
    Indonesia
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    Call, © Hans Matheve
    Indonesia
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    Call, song, © Andrew Spencer
    Indonesia
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    Call, © Patrik Åberg
    Indonesia
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    Call, © Patrik Åberg
    Indonesia
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    Call, © Patrik Åberg
    Indonesia
  • 10.
    Call, © Iain Woxvold
    Papua New Guinea
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Magnificent Bird-of-paradise

Magnificent Bird-of-paradise subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Diphyllodes magnificus chrysopterusYapen (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea) and w, c New Guinea-No
Diphyllodes magnificus hunsteinie, se New Guinea-No
Diphyllodes magnificus magnificusSalawati (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea) and Bird's Head and Neck (nw New Guinea)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
BulgarianВеликолепна райска птица
Catalanocell del paradís magnífic
Chinese丽色极乐鸟
Chinese (Traditional)麗色天堂鳥
Croatianzelenotrba rajska ptica
CzechRajka srpoocasá, rajka spiráloocasá
DanishPragt-paradisfugl
DutchPrachtparadijsvogel, Geelkraagparadijsvogel
Estonianhund-paradiisilind, kuld-paradiisilind
Finnishkultajousipyrstö
FrenchManuco magnifique, Paradisier magnifique
GermanSichelschwanz-Paradiesvogel
Hungariangalléros paradicsombanka
IndonesianCendrawasih belah-rotan, Cenderawasih molek, Burung dewata raja kecil
ItalianUccello del paradiso magnifico
Japaneseキンミノフヨウチョウ, キンミノフウチョウ
Lithuaniannuostabusis rojaus paukštis
NorwegianPraktparadisfugl, praktparadisfugl
Norwegian NynorskPraktparadisfugl
Polishlatawiec zlotogrzbiety, latawiec złotogrzbiety
Portugueseave-do-paraíso-magnífica
RussianВеликолепная райская птица, волшебная райская птица
Slovakrajka pestrá, rajka zlatoplášťová
SpanishAve del paraíso magnífica, Ave-del-paraíso Magnífica
Swedishpraktparadisfågel
TurkishMuhteşem Cennetkuşu
Ukrainianдивоптах-білозір золотоспинний