Paradisaea Collection

Olive-naped weaver, Ploceus brachypterus
Olive-naped weaver or round-winged weaver, Ploceus brachypterus. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir

Red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra. After an illustration by Rene-Primevere Lesson. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Female red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra (Paradisea rubra). After an illustration by Rene-Primevere Lesson (mislabeled juvenile male lesser bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor)

Lesser bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor (Paradisea smaragdina minor). Handcoloured steel engraving by A. Scipp after an illustration by Rene-Primevere Lesson from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes

Long-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea
Long-tailed paradise whydah or eastern paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea (Vidua paradisea). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Greater bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea apoda, and papyrus grass, Cyperus papyrus. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Adolphe Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire

Long-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea, in breeding plumage and after moulting (non-breeding male). Handcoloured lithograph by Burggraaff from Th

Emperor and king bird-of-paradise
Emperor bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea guilielm, and king bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus regius. Handcoloured lithograph by Burggraaff after Jean Baptiste Audebert from Th

Red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra, and king bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus regius.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary and Elizabeth Kirbys Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands, T

Paradisaea rudolphi, blue bird of paradise
Image of a male and female blue bird of paradise, Paradisaea rudolphi. New Guinea. From the Natural History Museum at Tring

Lesser bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor, and red-necked tanager, Tangara cyanocephala.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary and Elizabeth Kirbys Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands

Red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra (near threatened), and Nias Hill myna, Gracula robusta.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science

Bird-of-paradise
Plate 612 from Konrad Gesners Historia Animalium, Vol.3, (1555)

Greater Bird of Paradise
Illustration of a Greater Bird of Paradise by Eleazar Albin

Paradisaea minor, lesser bird-of-paradise
Plate 11, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Paradisaea regia: manucode
Plate 26 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia

Paradisaea rubra, red bird-of-paradise
Plate 6 from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rocliers, Vol.1, (1806)

Paradisaea rudolphi, blue bird of paradise
Image of a male blue bird of paradise, Paradisaea rudolphi. New Guinea. From the Natural History Museum at Tring

Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-paradise
Mounted specimen of the greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda), from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Paradisaea raggiana, raggiana bird-of-paradise
Trade skin of the Raggiana bird-of-paradise. Skins such as this were the first specimens of birds of paradise to reach Europe

Paradisaea minor, Lesser bird-of-paradise
Photograph of a lesser-bird-of-paradise specimen, held at the Natural History Museum at Tring

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