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The diet of the magnificent riflebird consists mainly of fruits and a variety of invertebrates such as spiders, millipedes, etc. Males are
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419:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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281:. It is now placed in the genus
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900:King of Saxony bird-of-paradise
302:Nominate male specimen at the
266:The magnificent riflebird was
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1250:Rothschild's bird-of-paradise
1190:Duivenbode's bird-of-paradise
1081:Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise
556:Frith, C.; Frith, D. (2020).
538:Fraser, I.; Gray, J. (2013).
381:Naturalis Biodiversity Center
304:Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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1270:Sharpe's lobe-billed parotia
1035:Magnificent bird-of-paradise
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1180:Bensbach's bird-of-paradise
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797:Short-tailed paradigalla
209:Craspedophora magnificus
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1101:Lesser bird-of-paradise
1010:Black-billed sicklebill
792:Long-tailed paradigalla
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383:. Note the exceptional
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1015:Pale-billed sicklebill
827:Ribbon-tailed astrapia
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184:Ptiloris magnificus
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