Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Paradisaeidae | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Genus Paradisaea | |
Similar Astrapian sicklebill, Duivenbode's riflebird, Rothschild's lobe‑billed bird of pa, Barnes' astrapia, Bensbach's bird of paradise | ||
Gilliard's bird of paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a raggiana bird of paradise and lesser bird of paradise. It is known from adult male specimens taken in the upper Baiyer Valley in Papua New Guinea. It was named after American ornithologist Ernest Thomas Gilliard by Clifford Frith and Bruce Beehler.
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