Greater bird-of-paradise
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The greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) is a bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea.
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Greater bird-of-paradise | |
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Male at Bali Bird Park | |
Female at Kuala Lumpur Bird Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Paradisaea |
Species: | P. apoda |
Binomial name | |
Paradisaea apoda | |
Paradisaea apoda |
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Carl Linnaeus named the species Paradisaea apoda, or "legless bird-of-paradise", because early trade skins to reach Europe were prepared without wings or feet by the indigenous New Guinean people; this led to the misconception that these birds were beautiful visitors from paradise that were kept aloft by their plumes and never touched the earth until death.[3]
More information Indonesian rupiah ...
Greater bird-of-paradise on Indonesian rupiah | |
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Obverse: Greater bird-of-paradise on a branch and face value. | Reverse: Face value surrounded by country and year. |
Total 1,035,435,000 coins minted in 1971. Coin demonetized in 2002. |
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