King Bird-of-Paradise / Cicinnurus regius
King Bird-of-Paradise
SCI Name:
Protonym: Paradisaea regia Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.110
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paradisaeidae / Cicinnurus
Taxonomy Code: kbopar1
Type Locality: East Indies = Aru Islands (Berlepseh, 1911).
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CICINNURUS
(Paradisaeidae; Ϯ King Bird-of-Paradise C. regia) Gr. κικιννος kikinnos ringlet, curled lock of hair; ουρα oura tail; "P[aradisæa]. cirrhis caudalibus filiformibus apice lunato-pennaceis" (Linnaeus 1758); "88. MANUCODE, Cicinnurus. Paradisea, Lin. Gm. Lath. Bec garni à la base de petites plumes dirigées en avant, grêle, convexe en dessus, un peu comprimé par les côtés, finement entaillé et fléchi vers le bout. — Plumes hypochondriales, larges, longées, tronquées. Esp. Manucode, Buff. .... Cicinnurus [κικιννος, cincinnus, ουρα, cauda]." (Vieillot 1816); "Cicinnurus Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 35. Type, by monotypy, "Manucode, Buff." = Paradisaea regia Linnaeus." (Mayr in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 197). Cracraft 1992, tentatively differentiated four species in Cicinnurus sens. str.
Var. Circinurus, Cicinurus, Cincinnurus.
Synon. Cricocercus, Diphyllodes, Manucodiata, Manucodus, Schlegelia.
regius
L. regius royal, kingly, regal < rex, regis king < regere to rule.
● King I., Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia (subsp. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris).
● "51. PARADISÆA. ... regia. 2. P. cirrhis caudalibus filiformibus apice lunato-pennaceis. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 15. Rex avium paradisæarum. Pet. gaz. I. t. 53. f. 2. Clus. exot. 362. t. 362. Olear. mus. 24. t. 13. f. 2. Raj. av. 22. n. 10. Seb. mus. I. t. 38. f. 5. Edw. av. 111. t. 111. Habitat in India orientali. Purpurea pectorali cærulescente; cirrhi caudæ longissimi; Pennæ sub alis sunt reliquis longiores, licet cauda breviores.(*) ... (*) Paradiseas fictas (Seb. mus. I. t. 60. f. 1, 2, 3), e Psittacis aliisque vendidit sæpe Museis astus chinensium." (Linnaeus 1758) (cf. Malay Burong rajah king bird). (Cicinnurus).
● ex “Tyran huppé de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 289, “Roi des Gobe-mouches” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “King Tody” of Latham 1782 (syn. Onychorhynchus coronatus).
SUBSPECIES
King Bird-of-Paradise (regius)
SCI Name: Cicinnurus regius regius
regius
L. regius royal, kingly, regal < rex, regis king < regere to rule.
● King I., Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia (subsp. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris).
● "51. PARADISÆA. ... regia. 2. P. cirrhis caudalibus filiformibus apice lunato-pennaceis. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 15. Rex avium paradisæarum. Pet. gaz. I. t. 53. f. 2. Clus. exot. 362. t. 362. Olear. mus. 24. t. 13. f. 2. Raj. av. 22. n. 10. Seb. mus. I. t. 38. f. 5. Edw. av. 111. t. 111. Habitat in India orientali. Purpurea pectorali cærulescente; cirrhi caudæ longissimi; Pennæ sub alis sunt reliquis longiores, licet cauda breviores.(*) ... (*) Paradiseas fictas (Seb. mus. I. t. 60. f. 1, 2, 3), e Psittacis aliisque vendidit sæpe Museis astus chinensium." (Linnaeus 1758) (cf. Malay Burong rajah king bird). (Cicinnurus).
● ex “Tyran huppé de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 289, “Roi des Gobe-mouches” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “King Tody” of Latham 1782 (syn. Onychorhynchus coronatus).
King Bird-of-Paradise (coccineifrons)
SCI Name: Cicinnurus regius coccineifrons
coccineifrons
L. coccineus scarlet-coloured < coccum scarlet dye < Gr. κοκκος kokkos scarlet berry; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)