Raggiana bird-of-paradise: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Raggiana bird-of-paradise lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Paradisaea raggiana
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	272 g (male organism, adult weight); 185 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Paradisaeidae

Where does the Raggiana bird-of-paradise live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Raggiana bird-of-paradise in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Papua New Guinea

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a Raggiana bird-of-paradise?

Wikidata records the following for the Raggiana bird-of-paradise: mass 272 g (male organism, adult weight); 185 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the Raggiana bird-of-paradise endangered?

The Raggiana bird-of-paradise’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Raggiana bird-of-paradise?

The Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Paradisaeidae, genus Paradisaea. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Raggiana bird-of-paradise

The Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana), also known as Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise, is a large bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae.

It is distributed widely in southern and northeastern New Guinea, where its name is kumul. It is also known as cenderawasih. As requested by Count Luigi Maria D'Albertis, the epithet raggiana commemorates the Marquis Francesco Raggi of Genoa.

The Raggiana bird-of-paradise is the national bird of Papua New Guinea. In 1971, this species, as Gerrus paradisaea, was made the national emblem and was included on the national flag. "The Kumuls" ("birds-of-paradise" in Tok Pisin) is also the nickname of the country's national rugby league team.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Raggiana bird-of-paradise (revision 1380706180), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q749577 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).