Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
- Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
Taxobox
name = Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
image_width = 225px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Paradisaeidae
genus = "Seleucidis"
genus_authority = Lesson, 1835
species = "S. melanoleucus"
binomial = "Seleucidis melanoleucus"
binomial_authority = (Daudin, 1800) The Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise, "Seleucidis melanoleucus" is a medium-sized, approximately 33cm-long, velvet black and yellow bird of paradise. The male has a red iris, long black bill and rich yellow plumes along its flanks. From the rear of these plumes emerge twelve blackish, wire-like filaments, which bend back near their bases to sweep forward over the birds hindquarters. The female is a brown bird with black-barred buffy underparts. Its feet are strong, large-clawed and pink in color.
The sole representative of the monotypic genus "Seleucidis", the Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise is a bird of lowland forests. The male displays on an exposed vertical perch with its breast-shield flared. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods.
Widely distributed throughout New Guinea and Salawati Island of Irian Jaya, the Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
Conservation
Although the Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise is only considered LC, it is very difficult to captivly breed. It has only been successfully bred in Singapore's Jurong Bird Park.
References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
External links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=5839&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=51208 IUCN Red List]
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