http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH.html Alfred Russel Wallace, the 19th century naturalist, made several trips to collect birds of paradise during his journey through the Malay Archipelago. He thought the birds of paradise were the most beautiful birds on earth. In 1858, he discovered a new species that was later named Wallace’s Standardwing (Semioptera wallacii) in his honor. After seeing the displays of the Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) for the first time, Wallace wrote the following: http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH.html#0 96ac43cf-955c-4464-a751-79654fef3812 http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/02.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/02.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">12-Wired BOP<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Selucidis melanoleuca</p></div></div> http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH.html#1 1cd09c54-9412-4ecb-834d-6f0a42ff6586 http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/03.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/03.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Buff-tailed Sicklebill<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Drepanornis albertisi</p></div></div> http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH.html#2 c56d1524-2104-4338-9425-6a838b889b79 http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/09.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/09.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Black Sicklebill<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Epimachus fastuosus</p></div></div> http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH.html#3 3b67436a-28ba-469c-8d2f-1e011eaa72ab http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/08.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/08.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Western Parotia<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Parotia sefilata</p></div></div> http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH.html#4 4764413b-2e2e-41a9-ab5b-996a59625036 http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/11.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/11.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Magnificent Riflebird<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Ptiloris magnificus</p></div></div> http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH.html#5 45b5cbe5-e969-4074-b095-fad8cb33fc30 http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/10.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.thebirdsofparadise.org/thebirdsofparadise.org/BoP_NH_files/Media/10.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Superb BOP<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Lophorina superba</p></div></div>