Description
One of the most fabulous images of the Birds of Paradise.
Modern common name: Raggiana bird-of-paradise
Modern binomial name: Paradisaea raggiana
First described Sclater 1873
From ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud, Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise. One of the most admired bird books ever produced.
The work was dedicated to Alfred Russel Wallace.
References Sitwell, Fine Bird Books p.74 Nissen IVB 296
