Paradigalla

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Paradigalla
Paradigalla brevicauda in tree.jpg
Short-tailed paradigalla, Paradigalla brevicauda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Paradigalla
Lesson, 1835

The genus Paradigalla consists of two species of birds-of-paradise. [1] Both are medium-sized black birds with blue and yellow facial wattles.

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The name of the genus is derived from two words, the Paradisaea and Gallus , the junglefowl of pheasant family. The two paradigallas and the four junglefowls exhibits facial wattles.

Species

References

  1. Irestedt, Martin; Jønsson, Knud A; Fjeldså, Jon; Christidis, Les; Ericson, Per GP (2009). "An unexpectedly long history of sexual selection in birds-of-paradise". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9 (1): 235. Bibcode:2009BMCEE...9..235I. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-235 . ISSN   1471-2148. PMC   2755009 . PMID   19758445.