Diphyllodes

Diphyllodes
Wilson's bird-of-paradise
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Cicinnurus
Subgenus: Diphyllodes
Lesson, 1834

Diphyllodes is a subgenus of the genus Cicinnurus, that comprises the magnificent bird-of-paradise and Wilson's bird-of-paradise. Diphyllodes was historically the genus of the two aforementioned species.

The remaining species in the genus Cicinnurus is the king bird-of-paradise, which is in the monotypic subgenus Cicinnurus.


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