| Genera | Mayr (1962) Species/Subspecies | Gilliard (1969) Species/Subspecies | Phylogenetic Species | Subspecies elevated to species rank | Subspecies "synonymized" |
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| Loria | 1/3 | 1/3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Loboparadisea | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Cnemophilus | 1/3 | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Macgregoria | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | | 2 |
| Lycocorax | 1/3 | 1/3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Manucodia | 4/7 | 4/7 | 4 | | 7 |
| Phonygammus | 1/7 | 1/8 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| Ptiloris | 3/3 | 3/3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Semioptera | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Seleuicidis | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Paradigalla | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Drepanornis | 2/4 | 2/4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Epimachus | 2/7 | 2/7 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Astrapia | 5/6 | 5/6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Lophorina | 1/8 | 1/9 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Parotia | 4/10 | 4/10 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Pteridophora | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1 | | 3 |
| Cicinurrus | 1/6 | 1/6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Diphyllodes | 2/4 | 2/4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Paradisaea | 6/14 | 7/14 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| Totals | 40/98 | 42/100 | 90 | 65 | 35 |
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