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• n  a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
• n  ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
• n  any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area

• poinciana
• Caesalpinia gilliesii
• Poinciana gilliesii
• Strelitzia reginae

News & Articles

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• Dive-bombing the mall?
  Giant photos in trees on the Downtown Mall signal the Look3 Festival of the Photograph, which starts June 12. Photographer Tim Laman captured a male red bird of paradise in Batanta Island, Indonesia. The male's downward position is part of the mating ritual, in which his tail feathers form a perfect arc.
  June 11, 2013 - The Hook