Greater Bird of Paradise Small 282×320 Medium 563×640 Large 901×1024 Download TIFF Original 2112×2400 | (2.5 MB) Description The Greater Bird of Paradise was once called as the Emerald Bird of Paradise because of the dark green color on its throat. Keywords bird, birds of paradise, emerald bird of paradise, greater bird of paradise, green throat, Paradisaea apoda, Paradisea apoda, tail feathers Galleries Birds: A-B Source: Wood, John George The Boy's Own Book of Natural History (New York, NY: George Routledge & Sons, 1861)