Magnificent riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) Plates by J. Wolf and J. Smit.
Date 1873
Source A monograph of the Paradiseidae or birds of paradise. 1873.
Author Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835–1915)
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The magnificent riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) is a species of passerine bird in the birds-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. Magnificent riflebirds are widely distributed throughout lowland rainforests of western New Guinea and the northern Cape York Peninsula of Australia.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Ptiloris
Species: Ptiloris magnificus (Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms
- Craspedophora magnificus
