King bird-of-paradise
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The king bird-of-paradise is a passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. It is considered by the IOC checklist to be the only member of the genus Cicinnurus, although the genus Diphyllodes is closel
Cicinnurus regius 20031005
Piopio
Campephaga Aurulenta Smit
Malaconotus monteiri monteiri Smit
Systema Naturae
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Systema Naturae is one of the major works of Swedish botanist, zoologist, and physician Carl Linnaeus and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomenclature, was
King bird-of-paradise
…to mark this achievement. The king bird-of-paradise was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Paradisaea regius. The type locality is the Aru Islands. It is now the only species placed in the genus Cicinnurus that was…
Title page of the 1758 edition of Linnaeus's Systema Naturæ
Key to the Sexual System from the 10th (1758) edition of Systema Naturæ
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