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  • Synonyms King Bird of Paradise, Little King Bird-of-paradise
  • Old latin name for bird Ciccinurus regius, Paradisaea regia, Paradisea regia

King Bird-of-paradisebird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Indonesia
  • 2.
    Call, © Marc Anderson
    Indonesia
  • 3.
    Song, © Scott Connop
    Papua New Guinea
  • 4.
    Song, © Nick Athanas
    Papua New Guinea
  • 5.
    ?, © Peter Roskams
    Indonesia
  • 6.
    ?, © Peter Roskams
    Indonesia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Where to see King Bird-of-paradise

  • Breeding region Australasia
  • Breeding subregion New Guinea and satellite islands

King Bird-of-paradise subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Cicinnurus regius coccineifronsYapen (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea) and n, c, e New Guinea-No
Cicinnurus regius regiusRaja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea), s New Guinea and Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea)-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
BulgarianКралска райска птица
Catalanocell del paradís reial
Chinese王极乐鸟
Chinese (Traditional)王天堂鳥
Croatiankraljevska rajska ptica
Czechrajka královská
DanishKongeparadisfugl
DutchKoningsparadijsvogel
Estoniankarmiin-paradiisilind
Finnishrubiinijousipyrstö
FrenchParadisier royal, Manuco royal
GermanKönigsparadiesvogel, Königs-Paradiesvogel
Hungariankirály-paradicsommadár
IndonesianCendrawasih raja, Burung dewata raja, Cenderawasih raja
ItalianUccello del paradiso reale
Japaneseヒヨクドリ
Lithuaniankarališkasis rojaus paukštis
Norwegiankongeparadisfugl
Norwegian NynorskKongeparadisfugl
Polishlatawiec królewski
Portugueseave-do-paraíso-real
RussianКоролевская райская птица
SerbianKraljevska rajska ptica
Slovakrajka kráľovská
SpanishAve del Paraíso Regia, Ave del paraíso real, Ave-del-paraíso Real
Swedishkungsparadisfågel
Tatarкороль оҗмах кошы
TurkishKral Cennetkuşu
Ukrainianдивоптах королівський