Characterized by striking colors and bright, yellow fur, blue, red, and green. With the colors that they got the most beautiful and interesting birds in the world, so-called bird of paradise.
Birds of paradise are found in Papua or Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands, including Eastern Australia. Unfortunately the existence of these birds decreases with the number of illegal hunting irresponsible.
1. Lesser bird of paradise (Paradisaea minor)
The Lesser bird of paradise known as the Paradise of small yellow. This bird is medium sized with a length of about 32 cm, red-brown with yellow crown and upper back brownish yellow.
Male birds have the throat emerald-green color, a pair of long tail feathers and adorned with yellow wings decoration on the base of the white area in the outer regions.
Female birds are smaller than males, have a dark brown head, white chest and without feathers adorned with decorations. Pacification area covers the entire northern forests of Papua New Guinea, and islands near Misool and Yapen.
2. Raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea Raggiana)
The Raggiana bird of paradise is also known by the name of Count Raggi, AOS bird of paradise. This bird is also best known as the Bird of Paradise. Habitat This bird is widely distributed in southern New Guinea and northeast.Has a length of 34 cm long, red, grayish-brown, yellow iris and feet grayish brown.
Male bird has a yellow crown, emerald-green throat and yellow collar between the throat. Wing feather color varies from red to orange depending on the subspecies.
Female birds are smaller than males, with a brown face and had no fur trimmings.
3. Astrapia Ribbon-tailed (Astrapia mayeri)
This is one of the most spectacular birds of paradise. His name Astrapia Ribbon-tailed and have the longest tail feathers in relation to body size, length is more than three times the body length. Length of adult birds reached 32 cm with a tail of male bird that can reach 1 meter.
Male bird has a black and green olive brown colored while the female bird. Male bird has a long tail-shaped white ribbon. Endemic area in the middle of the island of New Guinea.
4. Blue bird of paradise (Paradisaea Rudolphi)
5. Riflebird Paradise (Ptiloris paradiseus)
6. Red bird of paradise (Paradisaea rubra)
7. Lawes, AOS Parotia (Parotia Lawesii)
8. King of Saxony bird of paradise (Pteridophora Alberti)
9. Wilson, AOS Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica)
10. Princess Stephanie, AOS Astrapia (Astrapia stephaniae)
