NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Goldie's Bird-of-paradise
Paradisaea decora Salvin & Godman, 1883
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Goldie's bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea decora) is a species of bird-of-paradise.
Endemic to Papua New Guinea, the Goldie's bird-of-paradise is distributed in the hill forests of Fergusson and Normanby Island of the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, eastern Papuan Islands. The diet consists mainly of fruits.
The name commemorates the Scottish collector Andrew Goldie, who discovered the bird in 1882.
Due to ongoing habitat loss, limited range and overhunting in some areas, the Goldie's bird-of-paradise is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
Wikipedia contributors, Goldie's bird-of-paradise; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:02:15.841322+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Paradisaea decora Salvin & Godman, 1883
- Name authority
- Salvin & Godman, 1883
- Common name
- Goldie's Bird-of-paradise
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paradisaeidae
- Genus
- Paradisaea
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyParadisaeidae Vigors, 1825
- genusParadisaea Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesParadisaea decora Salvin & Godman, 1883
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Paradisaea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Bird-of-paradiseParadisaea apoda Linnaeus, 1758 | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Bird-of-paradiseParadisaea minor Shaw, 1809 | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red Bird-of-paradiseParadisaea rubra Daudin, 1800 | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Emperor Bird-of-paradiseParadisaea guilielmi Cabanis, 1888 | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raggiana Bird-of-paradiseParadisaea raggiana P. L. Sclater, 1873 | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Salvin, Osbert, & and Frederick DuCane Godman. (1883). Discovery of a new Bird of Paradise. The Ibis, Vol. 1, No. 1. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4CTLD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.