Author: Alfonzo Bissonnette

The trumpet manucode is approximately 31 cm long. It has elongated horn-like head tufts and loose neck feathers. The plumage is of an iridescent blackish glossed blue, …

The wonderful park of Tangkoko with its forest rising from coastal to submontane, supports a large range of the regionÍs endemic birds. The park boasts the highest density of the …

Both species are presently widespread and common on Halmahera and cannot be considered immediately endangered there, but populations on smaller Moluccan islands require study and regular monitoring. The scientific name Lycocorax pyrrhopterus is a combination …

However, humans have been known to hunt them for their exquisite plumage. Eggs and nestlings may be preyed on by arboreal snakes or other birds. Other than the actual copulation event, males have no parental investment in …

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 riflebird is a three-note whistled phrase that …

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Pollen was noticed attached in a similar manner to the head of a bird at Cape York. 2 Gunnera bracteata and Gunnera insularis also occur in the island. Soldiers and prisoners on the island, …

Of more than 1,000 fruit-foraging records by birds of paradise for this study site, only 7 were by the sicklebill. A single focal male held an exclusive, year-round …

Birds-of-paradise have some of the world’s strangest and most elaborate courtship displays. The male then hops around the …

This 2017 reclassification is disputed, however; the subspecies L. Niedda inopinata comprises the taxon that was known as L. Superba superba until 2017, but given a new name, and the subspecies known …