The bird of paradise is of the family Paradisaeidae, with 43 species, occurring in the Moluccas, New Guinea, and Australia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Annotated "Blues for Allah"] Reference

Birds of paradise (Paradisaeidae) and bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae): regional levels of biodiversity and terrane tectonics in New Guinea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

The avifauna of the ecoregion has a clear Australasian flavor, with representatives of several Australasian families including Ptilonorhynchidae, Eopsaltridae, Meliphagidae, and Paradisaeidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Huon Peninsula montane rain forests] Reference

The avifauna of the ecoregion has a clear Australasian flavor, including representatives of several Australasian families such as Ptilonorhynchidae, Eopsaltridae, Meliphagidae, and Paradisaeidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests] Reference

The avifauna of the ecoregion has a clear Australasian flavor, including representatives of several Australasian families such as Ptilonorhynchidae, Eopsaltriidae, Meliphagidae, and Paradisaeidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests] Reference

The avifauna of the ecoregion has a clear Australasian flavor, including representatives of several Australasian families including Ptilonorhynchidae, Eopsaltridae, Meliphagidae, and Paradisaeidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vogelkop montane rain forests] Reference

Family Common Name Species Megapodiidae Red-billed brush-turkey Talegalla cuvieri Loriidae Striated lorikeet Charmosyna multistriata Alcedinidae Little paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis Meliphagidae Spot-breasted meliphaga Meliphaga mimikae Paradisaeidae Greater bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests] Reference

Clements’ authority for the nomenclature and taxonomy for the birds-of-paradise (family Paradisaeidae) was Clifford Frith and Bruce Beehler’s (1998) The birds of paradise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berlepsch’s Six-wired Bird-of-Paradise: Species or Subspecies?] Reference

Paradisaeidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeastern Papuan rain forests] Reference