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The rest of the underparts are a silky dark-green, except for the lower tail-coverts, which is more of a light brownish colour. They have dark-coloured eyes, lead-grey legs and bill, and dark grey claws. The splendid astrapia is a bird-of-paradise about 39 cm long.
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Its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, lizards and frogs. Splendidissima from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Note the shiny iridescent bluish-green chin and throat. This little known Astrapia is distributed to the mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of New Guinea. It lives in the mountain forests of the west central highlands of New Guinea.
The Splendid astrapia is a medium-sized bird-of-paradise species, and it is the smallest member of the Astrapia genus, with males averaging approximately 39 cm , the slightly smaller females coming in at 37 cm (14.6 in). The males probably have the most iridescent plumage of the Paradisaeidae family. The male’s head to mantle is a shiny iridescent light bluish-green to yellow-green, while the chin throat is more of a metallic turquoise to shiny green, depending on lighting. Beneath the throat is a coppery-red gorget that tappers as it moves up the side of the breast, all the way to the eyes.
Its diet is fruit, insects, lizards and frogs. Widespread and common species throughout its range, the splendid astrapia is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES. As mentioned in the text, note how drastically different the plumage of the female is from the males’. The Splendid astrapia is a species of Astrapia of the birds-of-paradise family, Paradisaeidae, and one of the least known and most elusive of its family and genus.
The male is black with an iridescent yellow-green mantle . It has a blue-green throat, dark green below. The tail feathers are short, broad and white with black tips. The female has a brown plumage and dark head. The Splendid astrapia , is a species of medium-sized, approximately 39 cm long, bird-of-paradise with an iridescent yellow-green mantle, blue-green throat, dark green below and short, broad and black-tipped white tail feathers.
Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. Kiddle encyclopedia articles are based on selected content and facts from Wikipedia, edited or rewritten for children. The birds are so crisp they seem to jump off the page. I will definitely buy from her again. This print is adapted from a vintage illustration of the Splendid Astrapia Bird of Paradise .
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- The male’s head to mantle is a shiny iridescent light bluish-green to yellow-green, while the chin throat is more of a metallic turquoise to shiny green, depending on lighting.
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- Its subspecies helios’ specific name simply means “sun”, likely referring to its iridescence.
The rest of the underparts are a silky dark-green, except for the lower tail-coverts, which is more of a light brownish color. The upperparts, like the wings and back, are brown to darkish brown. The relatively long tail is made up of two long, white plumes with black spatulate tips with a violet iridescence, and the feathers beneath those are plain black. Subspecies helios is larger than splendidissima, male has a more blue than yellow-green crown, and larger spatulate tips on the longer two central feathers, and female has darker upperparts. They have dark-colored eyes, lead-grey legs and bill, and dark grey claws.
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The Splendid astrapia’s generic name is Astrapia, which is of the word “Astraipios”, meaning lightning flash or glare, referring to the brilliant iridescent plumage of the Astrapias. Its specific name, “splendidissima”, means “most splendid”, again referring to this particular astrapia’s splendid colours. In the past, the splendid astrapia has been placed in its own genus , Calastrapia, which means “beautiful astrapia”. Its subspecies helios’ specific name simply means “sun”, likely referring to its iridescence. Much like most of its family members, splendid astrapias make their own unique, though eccentric, vocalizations. This poorly known species is distributed to the mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of New Guinea.
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