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Paradigalla
Short-tailed paradigalla, Paradigalla brevicauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paradigalla
Short-tailed paradigalla, Paradigalla brevicauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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.

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