Family Paradisaeidae
(birds-of-paradise)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Archosauria (birds and crocodiles)
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  Class Aves (birds)
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  Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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  Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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  Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
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  Corvoidea (crows, birds of paradise, and relatives)
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  Family Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise)
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  Genus Astrapia
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  Genus Cicinnurus
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  Genus Diphyllodes
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  Genus Drepanornis
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  Genus Epimachus
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  Genus Lophorina
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  Genus Lycocorax
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  Genus Manucodia
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  Genus Paradigalla
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  Genus Paradisaea
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  Genus Parotia
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  Genus Phonygammus
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  Genus Pteridophora
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  Genus Ptiloris
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  Genus Seleucidis
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  Genus Semioptera