Paradigalla

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}{{Automatic Taxobox

| image =Paradigalla brevicauda in tree.jpg

| image_caption = Short-tailed paradigalla, Paradigalla brevicauda

| taxon = Paradigalla

| authority = Lesson, 1835

}}

The genus Paradigalla consists of two species of birds-of-paradise.{{Cite journal |last1=Irestedt |first1=Martin |last2=Jønsson |first2=Knud A |last3=Fjeldså |first3=Jon |last4=Christidis |first4=Les |last5=Ericson |first5=Per GP |date=2009 |title=An unexpectedly long history of sexual selection in birds-of-paradise |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=235 |doi=10.1186/1471-2148-9-235 |issn=1471-2148 |pmc=2755009 |pmid=19758445 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2009BMCEE...9..235I }} Both are medium-sized black birds with blue and yellow facial wattles.

The name of the genus is derived from two words, the Paradisaea and Gallus, the junglefowl of pheasant family. The two paradigallas and the four junglefowls exhibits facial wattles.