• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Red Bird-of-Paradise - BirdForum Opus

Revision as of 14:56, 15 November 2007 by Kits (talk | contribs)
Paradisaea rubra

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.

Distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy

Habitat

Rainforests

Behaviour

The diet includes mainly fruits, berries and arthropods.


External Links

Back
Top