Magnificent Riflebird

The Magnificent Riflebird is widely distributed throughout lowland rainforests of New Guinea and far Northeastern Australia. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods.

The Magnificent Riflebird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) (Vieillot, 1819) summary taxon grid map Wikipedia NatureServe Google: Web|Scholar ITIS Birdlife Google|Flickr Xeno-Canto - photo: iconartprof Photo powered by flickr.com. More

Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) Home Page Home Page previous Photo 2 of 3 next File Name & Identifier magnificent_riflebird_97472.psd ID: 97472 Description Photo of female Magnificent Riflebird in flight. More

* Magnificent Riflebird, Ptiloris magnificus * Growling Riflebird, Ptiloris intercedens * Paradise Riflebird, Ptiloris paradiseus * Victoria's Riflebird, Ptiloris victoriae Genus Epimachus * Black Sicklebill, Epimachus fastuosus * Brown Sicklebill, Epimachus meyeri * Black-billed Sicklebill, Epimachus albertisi * Pale-billed Sicklebill, Epimachus bruijnii Genus Cicinnurus * Magnificent Bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus More

The Magnificent Riflebird, Ptiloris magnificus, is a medium-sized (up to 34 cm long) passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is velvet-black bird of paradise with elongated black filamental flank plumes, an iridescent blue-green crown, a wide, triangle-shaped breast shield, and on central tail feathers. It has a black curved bill, yellow mouth, blackish feet and a dark brown iris. The female is brownish with dark spots and buff bars below. More

The male magnificent riflebird has a striking metallic blue-green inverted triangle on his chin. Image © Nemingha 2009. The male magnificent riflebird has a striking metallic blue-green inverted triangle on his chin. Image © Nemingha 2009. Magnificent riflebird - In the silence of the rainforest, the loud whistling 'weee-o' calls of magnificent riflebirds often betray their presence as they search in ones or twos for small invertebrates, fruits and seeds. More

Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) = French: Paradisier gorge-d'acier German: Prachtparadiesvogel Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso Goliazul Other common names: Albert Rifle-Bird, Prince Albert's Riflebird; Growling/Eastern Riflebird (intercedens) Taxonomy: Falcinellus magnificus Vieillot, 1819, Dorey, Vogelkop, New Guinea. Sometimes thought to form a superspecies with P. victoriae, and has been considered conspecific. Intergeneric hybridization with Lophorina superba, Seleucidis melanoleucus and Paradisaea minor recorded. Race intercedens sometimes treated as separate species. More

The Magnificent Riflebird, Ptiloris magnificus, is a medium-sized (up to 34cm long) passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. This species used to be placed in its own genus, Craspedophora Gray, 1840, which is now a subgenus of Ptiloris. Description The male is velvet-black bird of paradise with elongated black filamental flank plumes, an iridescent blue-green crown, a wide, triangle-shaped breast shield, and on central tail feathers. More

Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus Magnificent Bird of Paradise Cicinnurus magnificus King Bird of Paradise Cicinnurus regius Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise Seleucidis melanoleuca Lesser Bird of Paradise Paradisaea minor Golden Cuckoo-shrike Campochaera sloetii Golden Myna Mino anais Streak-headed Munia Lonchura tristissima Related links - Read on about our birding walk in Sorong lowlands. Read on about our birding extension to Sorong lowlands. More

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The Magnificent Riflebird, Ptiloris magnificus, is a medium-sized (up to 34cm long Passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family The Eastern Riflebird is distributed and endemic to the lowlands of easternmost Papua New Guinea. More

JPGVery little footage of the Magnificent Riflebird had ever been shot, certainly none in High Definition, until September 2007 when John Young, his apprentice James Hardy and good friend Bob King journeyed along the dusty roads of Cape York and into the great rainforests of Iron Range National Park. Having successfully filmed the courtship display of the Superb Lyrebird in July, the JYWE team was again contracted by U.S. More

Riflebird and the daddy of them all the Magnificent Riflebird which occurs on Cape York Peninsula and in Papua New Guinea. I still remember back in the late 1970’s being in upland rainforests of the Sea-View ranges in tropical north Queensland, just west of my home town of Ingham and hearing a continuous clapping sound coming from high in the roof of the forest. Approaching the sound as with any movement through this forest, was a slow process because of the countless tangles of lawyer cane. More

Magnificent Riflebird - Ptiloris magnificus Paradisier gorge-d'acier = Paradisier gorge-d'acier Les Oiseaux du monde Gallery : © Bowdler Sharpe Order : Passériformes Family : Paradisaeidae Species : Magnificent Riflebird Reference: rbsh12894 Copy forbidden without prior authorization. Who are we ? The association | Legal mentions | Sources | Contact Updated on 2009/07/10 14:55:20 - © 1996-2010 Oiseaux. More

Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus (Vieillot) These birds are found in "Western New Guinea: from Vogelkop eastward in the north to the Sepik River, in the south to the Fly River" (Mayr 1962). In 1899, Newton (cited in Gilliard 1969) noted that the name 'Riflebird' was "based on its resemblance to the uniforms of riflemen in the British army ... More

Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) by Niels Krabbe. More

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