Cicinnurus

Sickle Tail Bird of Paradise ( Cicinnurius magnificus )

• King Bird of Paradise ( CI. regius )
• Sickle Tail Bird of Paradise ( CI. magnificus )
• Blue -Headed Bird of Paradise ( CI. respublica )

The sickle tails ( Cicinnurus ) is a genus in the family of birds of paradise, all of which are native to New Guinea. In the group, there are three types:

King Bird of Paradise

The King Bird of Paradise ( Cicinnurus regius (Linnaeus, 1758) ) is the smallest Paradiesvogelart. His head and his throat, his back and wings are iridescent red, the breast, however, is divided by a transverse band emerald. The underside is white and the two middle and thread-like tail feathers end up in a spiral vane. The King Bird of Paradise lives in lowland forests.

Sickle Tail Bird of Paradise

This bird of paradise ( Cicinnurus magnificus ( Pennant, 1781) ) is also known under the name Gold Collar bird of paradise, many also refer to it by the name of superb bird of paradise, which he has in common with Ptiloris magnificus. He can set up a golden-yellow spring collar on the neck. The back is brownish-red, throat and chest show up in green, the abdominal contrast in blue. The rest of the body of the head rest and bottom black. Pricing are the tail feathers, bent at this specimen shimmering purple and outwardly as with all birds of paradise. One can find this bird of paradise, especially in the mountain forests of New Guinea.

Blue -Headed Bird of Paradise

This called Bird of Paradise ( Cicinnurus respublica ( Bonaparte, 1850) ), also naked head bird of paradise, similar in plumage and courtship behavior of the sickle tail Bird of Paradise. However, he does not live like this in many parts of New Guinea, but only on some islands west of it.

The ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte (nephew of Napoleon and Republicans ) gave the following reasons for the naming of this bird: " There are people who befleißen to enroll on their most beautiful species with the names of princes, since I for my part of the authority of all the princes of the world no capable encourages respect, I have decorated this beautiful bird of paradise with the name of the Republic, that republic, which would be a paradise, they would not transformed by the evil machinations and the ambition of so-called Republicans who are not worthy of the name in a hell Da. but now once should be no paradise republic, so there are now at least a paradiseâ respublica, a Republican bird of paradise. "