Month: December 2022

The Curl-crested Manucode, Manucodia comrii is a compact and large, approximately 43cm long, bird of paradise with glossy purple, black and green plumage, red iris and crinkled yellowish-green upper breast …

This holds true since it only lives on the islands of Batanta and Waigeo, off West Papua. It’s worth noting that the astonishing Wilson’s Bird-of-paradise garners full attention from those who …

The bird of paradise bird, also spelled bird-of-paradise, lives in tropical forests in Australia and the surrounding islands. Most types are sexually dimorphic, meaning the males and females differ in appearance. While the females …

Males will often visit each other’s display grounds, located relatively close to each other, but will perform the majority of their displays …

Depending on how you count them, bird of paradise expert Dr Edwin Scholes reckons there are between species and genera of birds of paradise today. The …

The Arfak astrapia is a species of astrapia, a group of birds found in the Paradiseidae family of the birds-of-paradise. In the wild, the bird has hybridised with the black sicklebill creating …

As being the second longest bird of paradise species (behind the Ribbon-tailed astrapia), …

You might notice with Heidegger that I simply wrote ‘Boar’ and not the species. This is because I haven’t figured out what species just yet, since there might be a little divergence in behavior- or …

The first successful captive breeding program was at Singapore’s Jurong Bird Park, in 2001. Males use their 12 flank plume ‘wires’ to make contact with the female by …

Some of the words may be incorrectly translated or mistyped. Magnificent birds-of-paradise are diurnal, social, and non-territorial species. While females and males do not often …