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Paradisaea rubra

[edit] Identification

33cm. Dark brown iris, grey legs and yellow bill, emerald green face, pair of elongated black corkscrew-shaped tail wires, with dark green feather pompoms above each eye and a train of glossy crimson red plumes with whitish tips at either side of the breast.

[edit] Distribution

Islands of western Papua New Guinea, Indonesia

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species

[edit] Habitat

Rainforests

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes mainly fruits, berries and arthropods.

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