Paradise bird


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Related to Paradise bird: Paradisaeidae
(Zool.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among the most beautiful species are the superb (Lophorina superba); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The long-billed paradise birds (Epimachinæ) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise in the Vocabulary.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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ATTENBOROUGH'S PARADISE BIRDS BBC2, 8pm Sir David Attenborough is the kind of figurehead that will never need an introduction, his name now synonymous with some of the most weird and wonderful inhabitants of the animal kingdom.
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Zoo Quest (1954-1963) In his first major documentary, he and staff from London Zoo head to tropical lands to capture new animals A Blank on the Map (1971) In an unexplored region of New Guinea he meets the Biami, who never had contact with the outside world Life on Earth (1979) Meeting gorillas of the Rwandan jungle in one of the most famous scenes in any natural history documentary Frozen Planet (2011) Sir David sits in the snow next to a tranquilised polar bear in this breathtaking scene with the terrifying animal Attenborough's Paradise Birds (2015) One of his life-long passions has been the study of birds of paradise from across the globe
For his part, Sir David is on the show to talk about his new nature series for Sky, Attenborough's Paradise Birds, and he gets very flirty with Jessica as he explains how the male birds hang upside down and whistle to attract the females.