Author: Alfonzo Bissonnette

The speed at which the superb Diphyllodes magnificus flies has yet to be determined. In general, birds-of-paradise have …

Although the female was silent, the territory-holding male sang daily for more than 6 months each year. The male performed an inverted nuptial display on a sapling near his regular song …

The back is jet black, but is mostly covered with iridescent scale-like feathers with metallic blue color, but can be concluded as greenish-blue in some lights. His wings are black with a …

Also, it will take about 4–7 years for males to develop their feathers for their courtship displays. Given the substantial differences in so many aspects of thenieddacourtship phenotype combined …

The female builds and attends the nest alone, laying as many as seven eggs per clutch. These birds sometimes …

The Jobi manucode is a medium-sized bird of paradise, that grows up to 34cm long. It looks greenish blue, black and purple glossed crow-like with red iris, lightly crinkled bluish short upper breast …

Moumita has worked with many soccer teams and produced match reports, and sports is her primary passion. No, there are no records of birds-of-paradise being dangerous, including the red bird-of-paradise. The …

The standardwing bird-of-paradise is medium-sized, approximately 28 cm long, and olive brown. The male has a gloss violet-and-lilac coloured crown and emerald-green breast shield. Its most striking features are two …

These birds of paradise are ordinarily identified as riflebirds because of the similarity between their plumage and the uniform of the Rifle Brigade. The …

This species was first described by Carl Hunstein in 1884. A common species throughout its range, Princess …