bird of paradise

Etymology
The first Europeans to encounter their skins were the voyagers in 's circumnavigation of the Earth. wrote that "The people told us that those birds came from the terrestrial paradise, and they call them bolon diuata, that is to say, 'birds of God"."

Noun

 * 1) Any of various passerine birds of the family  native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.
 * 2) A showy tropical flower of the genus, native to South Africa.
 * 1) A showy tropical flower of the genus, native to South Africa.

Translations

 * Catalan: ocell del paradís
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 天堂鳥,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: paradisfugl
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: paratiisilintu
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: éan parthais
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kala Lagaw Ya: kakayam
 * Kazakh: жұмақ құсы
 * Macedonian: ра́јска пти́ца
 * Malay:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: энхжингийн шувуу, диваажингийн шувуу, жаргалант шувуу
 * Mongolian: ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠵᠢᠨ ᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠤ, ᠳ᠋ᠸᠠᠪᠠᠵᠠᠨ ᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠤ, ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯᠠᠩᠲᠤ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠤ
 * Navajo: tsídii bitʼaʼ hózhóón
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: paradisfugl
 * Nynorsk: paradisfugl
 * Ottoman Turkish: جنت قوشی
 * Polish: rajski ptak, cudowronka
 * Portuguese: ave-do-paraíso
 * Romanian: pasărea paradisului
 * Russian: ра́йская пти́ца
 * Spanish: ave del paraíso
 * Swedish: paradisfågel
 * Tagalog: ibon ng paraiso
 * Tok Pisin: kumul
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: chim thiên đường (𪀄天堂)
 * Volapük:


 * Catalan: flor d'ocell
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 鶴望蘭, 天堂鳥花
 * Czech: strelicie
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Japanese: 極楽鳥花, ストレリチア, バード オブ パラダイス
 * Kazakh: стрелиция
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: диваажингийн шувуу
 * Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠸᠠᠪᠠᠵᠠᠨ ᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠤ
 * Portuguese: estrelítzia
 * Romanian: pasărea paradisului
 * Spanish: ave del paraíso
 * Vietnamese: thiên điểu (天鳥)