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The rest of the underparts are a silky dark-green, except for the lower tail-coverts, which is more of a light brownish colour. They have dark-coloured eyes, lead-grey legs and bill, and dark grey claws. The splendid astrapia is a bird-of-paradise about 39 cm long.
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Its diet is fruit, insects, lizards and frogs. Widespread and common species throughout its range, the splendid astrapia is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES. As mentioned in the text, note how drastically different the plumage of the female is from the males’. The Splendid astrapia is a species of Astrapia of the birds-of-paradise family, Paradisaeidae, and one of the least known and most elusive of its family and genus.
A species of Paradise magpies Scientific name : Astrapia splendidissima Genus : Paradise magpies
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Its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, lizards and frogs. Splendidissima from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Note the shiny iridescent bluish-green chin and throat. This little known Astrapia is distributed to the mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of New Guinea. It lives in the mountain forests of the west central highlands of New Guinea.
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- This poorly known species is distributed to the mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of New Guinea.
- The Splendid astrapia is a species of Astrapia of the birds-of-paradise family, Paradisaeidae, and one of the least known and most elusive of its family and genus.
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- Its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, lizards and frogs.
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The Splendid astrapia’s generic name is Astrapia, which is of the word “Astraipios”, meaning lightning flash or glare, referring to the brilliant iridescent plumage of the Astrapias. Its specific name, “splendidissima”, means “most splendid”, again referring to this particular astrapia’s splendid colours. In the past, the splendid astrapia has been placed in its own genus , Calastrapia, which means “beautiful astrapia”. Its subspecies helios’ specific name simply means “sun”, likely referring to its iridescence. Much like most of its family members, splendid astrapias make their own unique, though eccentric, vocalizations. This poorly known species is distributed to the mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of New Guinea.
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The male is black with an iridescent yellow-green mantle . It has a blue-green throat, dark green below. The tail feathers are short, broad and white with black tips. The female has a brown plumage and dark head. The Splendid astrapia , is a species of medium-sized, approximately 39 cm long, bird-of-paradise with an iridescent yellow-green mantle, blue-green throat, dark green below and short, broad and black-tipped white tail feathers.
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