BirdUp · Species
Magnificent Riflebird
Ptiloris magnificus(Vieillot, 1819)
Native
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Paradisaeidae
- Genus
- Ptiloris
- Commonness
- Local
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The magnificent riflebird is a species of passerine bird in the birds-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- West and central New Guinea and north Cape York Pen., north-east QLD (north-east Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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