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Cicinnurus regius
King Bird-of-Paradise
As recorded: Cicinnurus regius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Paradisaeidae
- Collected by
- A D Meyer
- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- Arfak
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Unknown Region
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Cicinnurus regius observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 69 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-21.
2026-09-21
Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia
(c) peter maaskant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-02
Senopi, Kabupaten Manokwari, Papua Bar., Indonesia
(c) Hammam As, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-03
5RQ5+CH Siwis, Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia
(c) lennartv, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-02
Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia
(c) photokeen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2026-08-02
Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia
(c) photokeen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2026-07-19
Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia
(c) rajaampatherping, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cicinnurus regius. BPBM 2625. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36005575. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm/2625.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36005575 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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