Author: Alfonzo Bissonnette

Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article “Rifle-bird”.

Breeding occurs from August to February, during the spring to summer months in Australia. Like other …

Reaching up to 43 inches in length, the male black sicklebill is the longest member of Paradisaeidae, though the curl-crested manucode has a larger body. The glossy-mantled manucode …

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The Huon Bowerbird Amblyornis germana, recently elevated to species status, is endemic to montane forests on the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Huon Birding has identified several key areas …

When feeding their young, female riflebirds will catch proportionally more arthropods than fruit to supply their growing young with foods rich in proteins …

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic …

The Short-tailed paradigalla , is a species of bird-of-paradise. The short-tailed paradigalla is a species of bird-of-paradise. Male Lesser Birds of Paradise with a female.

The short-tailed paradigalla is …

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