The
raggiana bird-of-paradise
also known as
Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise, is a large bird in the bird-of-paradise
family Paradisaeidae. It is distributed widely in southern and northeastern New
Guinea, where its name is
kumul. It is also known as
cenderawasih. As requested by Count Luigi
Maria D'Albertis, the epithet
raggiana
commemorates the Marquis Francis Raggi of Genoa. The raggiana bird-of-paradise
is the national bird of Papua New Guinea.
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