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Victoria's Riflebird
Ptiloris victoriaeGould, 1850
Endemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Paradisaeidae
- Genus
- Ptiloris
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
Victoria's riflebird, also known as the lesser riflebird, Queen Victoria riflebird, Queen Victoria's riflebird, or Victoria riflebird, is a bird-of-paradise endemic to the Atherton Tableland region of northeastern Queensland, Australia where it resides year-round.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South-east 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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