King Bird-of-paradise

Cicinnurus regius - Paradisier royal

Paradisier royal
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Paradisaéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cicinnurus

  • Species
    :

    regius

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 16 à 19 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 50 à 65 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Paradisier royal
♂ adult plum. breeding
Paradisier royal
♀ adult

King Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius) is a species of bird in the Paradisaeidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Cicinnurus regius regius (s New Guinea, w Papuan islands and Aru Is.. sw of New Guinea.)
  • Cicinnurus regius coccineifrons (n, c and e New Guinea, Yapen I.. off nw New Guinea.)

Foreign names

  • Paradisier royal,
  • Ave del paraíso real,
  • ave-do-paraíso-real,
  • Königsparadiesvogel,
  • király-paradicsommadár,
  • Koningsparadijsvogel,
  • Uccello del paradiso reale,
  • kungsparadisfågel,
  • Kongeparadisfugl,
  • rajka kráľovská,
  • rajka královská,
  • Kongeparadisfugl,
  • rubiinijousipyrstö,
  • ocell del paradís reial,
  • latawiec królewski,
  • Королевская райская птица,
  • Cendrawasih raja,
  • ヒヨクドリ,
  • 王极乐鸟,
  • 王天堂鳥,

Voice song and cries

Paradisier royal
♂ adult

Habitat

Paradisier royal
♂ adult plum. breeding

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Paradisier royal
published: - Updated: 12-08-2006
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