''Diphyllodes'' is a genus of

birds-of-paradise The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. The majority of species are found in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. The family has 44 species in 17 genera. The members of this ...

. Established by René-Primevère Lesson in 1834, it contains two species: the

magnificent bird-of-paradise The magnificent bird-of-paradise (''Cicinnurus magnificus'') is a species of bird-of-paradise. The magnificent bird-of-paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They are listed on Appendix II of CITES. Et ...

and

Wilson's bird-of-paradise Wilson's bird-of-paradise (''Cicinnurus respublica'') is a species of passerine bird of the family Paradisaeidae. The first footage of the Wilson's bird-of-paradise ever to be filmed was recorded in 1996 by David Attenborough for the BBC document ...

. Both species are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

, where they are found in forested uplands. The genus is sometimes subsumed into the genus '' Cicinnurus''.

Species

References

Bird genera Endemic fauna of New Guinea Taxa named by René Lesson Animal subgenera {{Paradisaeidae-stub