Biology:Paradigalla

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Short description: Genus of birds

Paradigalla
Paradigalla brevicauda in tree.jpg
Short-tailed paradigalla, Paradigalla brevicauda
Scientific classification e
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" (in en). BMC Evolutionary Biology 9 (1): 235. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-235. ISSN 1471-2148. PMID 19758445. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q134998 entry