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Birds of Paradiseby ~EagleFlyte

Traditional Art / Drawings / Animals

This is a drawing I did a while back showing all 43 species of bird-of-paradise. Before I did my Golden Eagle drawing, this was what was hanging above my desk in my room.

It took a while for me to find appropriate references for all the species. Many of the pictures I found were simply antique prints, as many of the species were so elusive that there were no photos posted online, or some of them had a few photos that were very poor quality because the bird wasn't in the best position/lighting, etc. (again being elusive). Only the most well-known species had high-quality photos I could use as references. I really enjoyed the challenge, though; it was well worth the effort.

The species represented here, from left to right, top to bottom are:

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise, Greater Bird-of-paradise, Lesser Bird-of-paradise, Blue Bird-of-paradise, Red Bird-of-paradise, Emperor Bird-of-paradise, Gouldi's Bird-of-paradise, Princess Stephanie's Astrapia, Arfak Astrapia, King Bird-of-paradise, Wilson's Bird-fo-paradise, Magnificent Bird-of-paradise, Long-tailed Paradigala, Short-tailed Paradigala, Pale-billed Sicklebill, Black-billed Sicklebill, Huon Astrapia, Ribbon-tailed Astrapia, Splendid Astrapia, King-of-Saxony Bird-of-paradise, Wallace's Standardwing, Black Sicklebill, Brown Sicklebill, Superb Bird-of-paradise, Paradise-crow, Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, Western Parotia, Carola's Parotia, Trumpet Manucode, Curl-crested Manucode, Crinkle-collared Manucode, Glossy-mantled Manucode, Jobi Manucode, Magnificent Riflebird, Paradise Riflebird, Lawes' Parotia, Eastern Parotia, Berlepsch's Parotia, Victoria's Riflebird, Eastern Riflebird, and Wahne's Parotia.

Original artwork and GIMP touch-ups by me.

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