Biology:Paradigalla

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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

Image Common name Scientific name Distribution
120px Long-tailed paradigalla Paradigalla carunculata Endemic to the Arfak Mountains in the Doberai Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia.
120px Short-tailed paradigalla Paradigalla brevicauda New Guinea Highlands forests.

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" (in en). BMC Evolutionary Biology 9 (1): 235. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-235. ISSN 1471-2148. PMID 19758445. Bibcode: 2009BMCEE...9..235I. 
  • Data related to Paradigalla at Wikispecies

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