Author: Alfonzo Bissonnette

These birds are endemic to New Guinea, and several organizations such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and CITES have listed the species as Least Concern. Still, over the years, …

The Ribbon-tailed Bird of Paradise is classified as Near Threatened , is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future. BHL acknowledges the existence of …

The nests of Victoria’s riflebirds are often parasitized by thePacific koel. A baby or young magnificent riflebird is called a chick. The call of the magnificent …

Females searched for and took the objects when visiting courts, and males stole them from each other and placed them at their own courts. Experiments showed that objects were removed …

From the some 725 species recorded (Beehler, Pratt & Zimmerman’s Birds of New Guinea, 1986), 101 are endemic to New Guinea, where 39 are at West Papua part (Jepson …

Keep on reading to learn more interesting facts about the King of Saxony bird-of-paradise. If you want to know more exciting information about different animals, check out the prairie …

With this in mind, we look at the character’s physical attributes; are they lanky, tall, but not fit? An owl or stoat might suit them since it seems they’d use their brainpower more, and …

Female ribbon-tailed astrapias lay a single egg at a time, which incubates for about three weeks. The females are solely responsible for both building their nest (which is deep and cup-shaped) and feeding their …

The male’s feathers are in its full colour and volume throughout this period until after September when it slowly loses its feathers. Coincidently, the best time of the Raggiana Bird of Paradise …

An attempt at an explanation of certain types of behavior, many of them elements of …