Editing Bird-of-paradise (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
The centre of bird-of-paradise [[biodiversity|diversity]] is the large island of [[New Guinea]]; all but two genera are found in New Guinea. Those other two are the monotypic genera ''[[Paradise-crow|Lycocorax]]'' and ''[[Standardwing|Semioptera]]'', both of which are endemic to the [[Maluku Islands]], to the west of New Guinea. Of the riflebirds in the genus ''[[Ptiloris]]'', two are endemic to the coastal forests of eastern [[Australia]], one occurs in both Australia and New Guinea, and one is only found in New Guinea. The only other genus to have a species outside New Guinea is ''[[Phonygammus]]'', one representative of which is found in the extreme north of [[Queensland]]. The remaining species are restricted to New Guinea and some of the surrounding islands. Many species have very small ranges, particularly those with restricted habitat types such as mid-montane forest (like the [[black sicklebill]]) or island endemics (like the [[Wilson's bird-of-paradise]]).<ref name = "HBW"/>

The majority of birds-of-paradise live in tropical forests, including [[rainforest]]s, swamps, and [[moss forest]]s,<ref name = "HBW"/> nearly all of them solitary tree dwellers.<ref name="honoluluzoo.org">Honolulu Zoo {{cite web |url=http://www.honoluluzoo.org/birds_of_paradise.htm |title=Birds of Paradise |access-date=2011-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515130449/http://www.honoluluzoo.org/birds_of_paradise.htm |archive-date=2011-05-15 }}, ''Birds of Paradise'', Accessed Feb 3, 2011</ref> Several species have been recorded in coastal mangroves.<ref name="Heads"/> The southernmost species, the [[paradise riflebird]] of [[Australia]], lives in sub-tropical and temperate wet forests. As a group the [[manucode]]s are the most plastic in their habitat requirements; in particular, the [[glossy-mantled manucode]], which inhabits both forest and open savanna woodland.<ref name = "HBW">{{cite book| first1 = Clifford B. | last1 = Firth | first2 = Dawn W. | last2 = Firth | editor-first = Josep | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor2-first = Andrew | editor2-last = Elliott | editor3-first = David | editor3-last = Christie | contribution = Family Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise) | title = Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14, Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows | year = 2009 | pages = 404–459| place = Barcelona | publisher = Lynx Edicions | isbn = 978-84-96553-50-7 }}</ref> Mid-montane habitats are the most commonly occupied habitat, with thirty of the forty species occurring in the {{Convert|1000-2000|m|abbr=on}} altitudinal band.<ref name="Heads">{{cite journal|last=Heads|first=M|year=2001|title=Birds of paradise, biogeography and ecology in New Guinea: a review|journal=Journal of Biogeography |volume=28|issue=7|pages=893–925| doi = 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00600.x|s2cid=83592452}}</ref>