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Females are markedly smaller and similar in appearance to other female Birds-of-paradise. Welcome to BirdForum, the internet’s largest birding community with thousands of members …
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Females are markedly smaller and similar in appearance to other female Birds-of-paradise. Welcome to BirdForum, the internet’s largest birding community with thousands of members …
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This category of birds utters a series of high-pitched ‘wak’ notes as an advertising song and long notes in the ‘wik-wong-wau-wau’ …
It has curled head feathering and twisted central tail feathers. Both sexes are similar with a slightly smaller female. The curl-crested manucode is the largest species of …
As being the second longest bird of paradise species (behind the Ribbon-tailed astrapia), the black sicklebill measures about 110 cm in length if the tail is included, and around 24 inches without the …
The crescent-caped lophorina is found in the mountains of Bird’s Neck Peninsula, in Western New Guinea, Indonesia. It is typically found at heights of 1200–2000 m. The information below includes …
They are often seen in mixed foraging flocks, particularly out of the breeding season. These flocks contain other birds-of-paradise , sunbirds , and other frugivore canopy species. Back in history, …
As would be expected when there is not sexual dimorphism, these species are monogamous and form pair bonds. This is quite unlike the promiscuous behavior of the rest of the family. All the …
The first two songs – ‘All of This’ and ‘Punching in a Dream’ – are two of my favourites from the album. The next song ‘Punching in a Dream’ is …
The lesser bird of paradise’s flight is undulating and rather floppy compared to other species of birds. Seeing a lesser bird of paradise flying is …
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After lunch we will walk down a narrow track to a hide where it is possible to see Western Parotia displaying from a discretely positioned hide. We may have to wait quite a while for the …