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{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | name = Wilson's bird-of-paradise | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Cicinnurus respublica'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22706202A94055998 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706202A94055998.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> | image = Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise 0A2A1913.jpg | image_caption = Male | genus = Diphyllodes | species = respublica | authority = ([[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850) | synonyms = * ''Cicinnurus respublica'' (Bonaparte, 1850) * ''Cicinnurus respublika'' (misspelling)<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id30259/ Biolib]</ref> }} '''Wilson's bird-of-paradise''' ('''''Diphyllodes respublica''''') is a species of [[passerine]] bird of the [[family (biology)|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]] documentary ''[[Attenborough in Paradise]]''. He did so by dropping leaves on the forest floor, which irritated the bird into clearing them away.
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