riflebird

Fruit is eaten by a variety of rainforest birds including the Paradise Riflebird.

These birds of paradise were named "riflebird" for the likeness of their black and green plumages to the uniform of early nineteenth century British army riflemen.

The Growling Riflebird is distributed and endemic to the lowlands of easternmost Papua New Guinea.

The Magnificent Riflebird is widely distributed throughout lowland rainforests of New Guinea and far Northeastern Australia.

Endemic to eastern Australia, the Paradise Riflebird is distributed to rainforests of New South Wales and central Queensland.

These are eaten by the Wompoo Fruit Dove, Paradise Riflebird, Topknot Pigeon and possibly other large fruit eating birds.

The Paradise Riflebird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The Paradise Riflebird, Ptiloris paradiseus, is a medium-sized, up to 30 cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae (Birds of Paradise) family.

The Victoria's Riflebird was discovered by John Macgillivray for John Gould in 1848 and is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Among those birds that produce the most spectacular visual displays are the lyrebird (which also has an elaborate song), the peacock, and the riflebird (and indeed most other birds of paradise).

It is also home large populations of the Black-breasted Button-quail, Pale-yellow Robin, Paradise Riflebird, Regent Bowerbird, Green Catbird and Australian Logrunner.

The Growling Riflebird, Ptiloris intercedens also known as Eastern Riflebird is a medium-sized passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family.

The Astrapian Sicklebill, also known as the Green-breasted Riflebird, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is an intergeneric hybrid between an Arfak Astrapia and Black Sicklebill.

Duivenbode's Riflebird is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a presumed intergeneric hybrid between a Magnificent Riflebird and Superb Bird of Paradise.

The Victoria's Riflebird, Ptiloris victoriae also known as Duwuduwu to the local Aboriginal people, is a bird of paradise endemic to the Atherton Tableland region of northeastern Queensland, Australia where it resides year-round.

Some of the more rare inhabitants include: the Rufous Scrub-bird, Paradise Riflebird, Wompoo Fruit Dove, Parma Wallaby, Rough-scaled snake, Stuttering frog, Booroolong Frog and the Davies' Tree Frog.