#Paradisaeidae

[herpsandbirds]

King Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus regius), male, family Paradisaeidae, Aru Islands

Photograph by Dustin Chen

#bird of paradise #cicinnurus #Paradisaeidae #bird #ornithology #europe #animals #nature #New Guinea

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[2741/11080] Cresent-caped lophorina - Lophorina niedda

Also known as: Vogelkop lophorina

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Corvoidea Family: Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise)

Photo credit: Ben Tsai via Macaulay Library

#birds #Cresent-caped lophorina #Passeriformes #Passeri #Corvoidea #Paradisaeidae #Lophorina #birds a to z #Vogelkop lophorina #described

[ticklishcicada]

Idea I had for Zapdos as a bird of paradise lol (plus dodrio for funsies)

#pokemon #zapdos #realistic pokemon #Paradisaeidae #birds of paradise #silly bird dance #birds #dodrio #doduo #google “superb bird of paradise” if you dont know wtf im talking about lol #the double wings dont make sense anyother way is all im saying!!!!!

[birdblues]

Victoria’s Riflebird

#victorias riflebird #lesser riflebird #bird of paradise #Lophorina victoriae #Passeriformes #Paradisaeidae #Lophorina #bird #upl

[ready-red-birds]

King Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius)

© eddy lee

#king bird-of-paradise #cicinnurus regius #paradisaeidae #passeriformes #eddy lee #birds

[perfect-plumage]

Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus)

© Ged Tranter

#paradise riflebird #ptiloris paradiseus #paradisaeidae #passeriformes #ged tranter #birds

[proton-wobbler]

Round 2, Poll 13

Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise vs Bohemian Waxwing

(sources under cut)

Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise

“bald in a way that looks like stained glass with a curly tail”

To add to the colorful visage, the male of this species also has spectacularly emerald green plumage along his throat and chest. This patch of feathers is used during the mating display, where the male will perch beneath the female on a branch and flash his green collar up at her, hoping to dazzle her with the display. Here’s a nice video of the display.

Bohemian Waxwing

"so often forgotten in the shadow of cedar waxwings and their broad range. bohemian waxwings are cool too and imo they look better"

Due to the high sugar content of their fruit diet, bohemes need to frequently drink water and will eat snow or drink sap from birch and maple trees to meet their water quota.

Bohemian Waxwing get their name from their frequently mobile lifestyle and their lack of territoriality. Nesting territories aren't defended, and the males often display to females and the pair will pass a piece of fruit back and forth until they decide to mate- up to 14 times!

Birds of the Wold: Wilson's Bird of Paradise

Images: Bird-of-Paradise (Andrew Spencer)

#hipster bird main bracket #round 2 #bracket: pretty b #wilson's bird of paradise #bohemian waxwing #bombycillidae #paradisaeidae

[rainbow-birds]

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus respublica)

© Wade Strickland

#wilson's bird-of-paradise #cicinnurus respublica #paradisaeidae #passeriformes #wade strickland #birds

[birdygotback]

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus respublica)

© Wade Strickland

#wilson's bird-of-paradise #cicinnurus respublica #paradisaeidae #passeriformes #wade strickland #birds

[ask-lord-kairos]

Some early concepts on my (heavily paradisaeidae-inspired) interpretation of Vex(ish)

I will update this later with more info and add the more specific forms of vexish (old, new, sera, allay, rascals, flames, and flares.)

#i think about the paradisaeidae a lot #ive seen a few in person and it’s a magical experience #i am a bird nerd #Kairos herself posts #also important note #the vexish are matriarchal #why? #cause I said so

[anisohtropy]

Kavetham constellation brainrot

we, collectively, don't talk about Kaveh and Alhaitham's constellations enough.

Looking at Alhaitham's first, Vultur Volans was the roman term for the constellation Aquila (the eagle). But why are we referencing its symbolism as a vulture instead of an eagle? That feels deliberate even though everyone assumes Alhaitham's meant to be an eagle. I contend that it's meant to be three things, an eagle, a vulture, and a falcon (just like the interpretations of the real constellation.) The eagle is obviously the well-trodden path of the divine symbol of Zeus/Jupiter. But what we kind of ignore is that the eagle was said to hold onto Zeus's lightning bolts, y'know his method of smiting people. Vultures and falcons have similarly death-related divinity. In an ancient desert environment, vultures are very useful as scavengers for getting rid of bodies to prevent the spread of disease and the general unpleasantness of rotting flesh. Falcons are very clearly associated with Egyptian gods, but particularly Horus, who was famously born/created from the dismembered body parts of his father. Interesting.

Now let's look at Kaveh. Paradisaeidae refers to birds of paradise, which are a real kind of bird, but the name is based on a kind of bird from Persian myth called the Huma bird. These things are wild. They're supposedly always flying and never lands on the ground. Some myths depict them like phoenixes, burning up every few hundred years to be reborn from the ashes. It's supposed to bring good fortune to people it flies over or who touch it. In some traditions it cannot be caught alive and whoever kills it will die within 40 days. It overall symbolizes unreachable highness and divinity. Obviously, it's a fake bird, but it's theorized that it's based on bearded vultures (meaning if we interpret it as a real bird that's gained divine properties, it would've probably done so via literally starving itself out of an unwillingness to bring or benefit from harming another creature).

They're the same kind of bird, fundamentally, but associated with opposing kinds of divinity. One brings destruction and the other brings fortune. One is self-sustaining, comfortable as the right hand of the true divine, but it is outcast due to its nature to survive using tragedy that befalls other creatures. The other cannot ever come down to be a normal bird, it sacrifices itself on an altar of being able to continue to bring joy to people it will never be close to. Change, decay, and cold rationality vs burning compassion and altruism and perfection. The burning bird can never be a meal for the vulture, as its death means only ash, and it is thus the only kind of misfortune of another creature the vulture can truly understand and care about. The Huma can never understand why the eagle is content as a messenger for the gods, why the vulture feels no guilt for the death it scavenges, why the falcon is content with a normal life when it was born with the potential for unimaginable greatness. The eagle, vulture, and falcon cannot understand the Huma's lack of pride or its willingness to damage itself for the sake of humans who would catch and kill it in their ignorance.

Also relevant is the fact that Deshret is clearly meant to be an analog of Horus or Ra. Both are associated with falcons and the sun, and their eyes are both significant in mythology (Deshret is symbolized by an eye in a sun in the lore). Nabu Malikata also has a massive pattern of sacrifice and she famously made a daughter-bird that was destined to die in the cataclysm.

There's a lot to unpack here but by god someone's gotta do it. The reincarnation, entangled souls, two sides of a coin vibes are SO STRONG with them. They're soulmates and the constellations only reinforce this when you pull back the hood on them. AAAAAA

#genshin #genshin impact #kaveh #alhaitham #kavetham #haikaveh #king deshret #goddess of flowers #nabu malikata #personally my favorite alhaitham bird interpretation is the vulture #there's something so poetic about it #the vulture really captures his cynicism and relationship with wider society #and it contrasts with the whole phoenix thing kaveh's got going on #love my birdies fr

[herpsandbirds]

Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda), male displaying, family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to western New Guinea

photograph by @dustinchen0728

#bird of paradise #paradisaea #paradisaeidae #passeriformes #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #new guinea

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[1746/10977] Brown sicklebill - Epimachus meyeri

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Corvoidea Family: Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise)

Photo credit: Dubi Shapiro via Macaulay Library

#birds #Brown sicklebill #Passeriformes #Passeri #Corvoidea #Paradisaeidae #Epimachus #birds a to z #undescribed

[mutant-distraction]

Lawes's parotia

Category: Bird of paradise

Family: Paradisaeidae

Scientific Name: parotia lawesii

[birdblues]

King Bird-of-paradise

#king bird of paradise #bird of paradise #Cicinnurus regius #Passeriformes #Paradisaeidae #Cicinnurus #bird #upl

[ready-red-birds]

King Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius)

© Dustin Chen

#king bird-of-paradise #cicinnurus regius #paradisaeidae #passeriformes #dustin chen #birds