# riflebird

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris.

## Etymology
From rifle + bird, from the resemblance of their black and green plumage to the uniform of early nineteenth-century British army riflemen.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/riflebird