paradise rifle bird
noun
A rifle bird, Ptiloris paradiseus, of the rainforests of south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales, the male of which is velvet-black with areas of iridescence and a slim, downcurved beak.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Goodrich (1793–1860).
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