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The brown sicklebill, also known as Bee’s sicklebill, is a species of bird-of-paradise. It is distributed to mountain forests of New Guinea, Its appearance resembles the closely related and larger black …

Although not the most vibrant in appearance, the curl-crest manucode is certainly a vocally evolved species. These vocalizations are common in courtship displays, where the males follow insistently …

The population trends for P. paradiseus and P. victoriae are reported as declining but not approaching the threshold for vulnerable status. The few published studies …

Described from trade-skins of unknown origins, Parotia berlepschi Kleinschmidt, 1897 was the subject of a longstanding ornithological mystery that remained unresolved for well over a century. With …

It showed that the blue bird-of-paradise was a sister taxon to all the other species in this genus. Lesser Bird Of Paradise Paradisaea Minor poster by Photo By K S …

For more information on other birds, take a look at red bird-of-paradise facts and greater bird-of-paradise facts. …

Featured in this article are both its male and female birds. You will find out their differences when you browse through the photos. The male breed’s flank flumes and underpants are colored …

The male is distinguished from other Paradisaea species by its lavender grey breast plumage. Unadorned female has an olive-brown plumage with cinnamon-brown below. Many bird-of-paradise feathers get their colors from pigments. Almost all yellow, …

The flank plumes are used during breeding displays. The lesser bird-of-paradise is distributed throughout forests of northern New Guinea, and the nearby islands …

Mid-montane habitats are the most commonly occupied habitat, with thirty of the forty species occurring in the 1000–2000 m altitudinal band. Your library or institution may give you access to …