King Bird-of-paradise
Photo: Doug Janson · CC BY-SA 3.0

Birds-of-paradise

King Bird-of-paradise

Cicinnurus regius

LCLeast Concern
Family
Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The king bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius) is a passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise) family. It is considered by the IOC checklist to be the only member of the genus Cicinnurus, although the genus Diphyllodes is closely related and is subsumed under Cicinnurus by many other authorities.
The king bird-of-paradise is a common and wide-ranging species, distributed throughout lowland forests of New Guinea and western satellite islands. Some populations range quite high into the hills and lower mountains, and these are poorly known as yet.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.