Short-tailed Paradigalla

Short-tailed Paradigalla

Taxobox
name = Short-tailed Paradigalla
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Paradisaeidae
genus = "Paradigalla"
species = "P. brevicauda"
binomial = "Paradigalla brevicauda"
binomial_authority = Rothschild & Hartert, 1911The Short-tailed Paradigalla, "Paradigalla brevicauda" is a medium-sized, approximately 23cm long, stocky black plumaged bird of paradise with slender black bill and bright yellow and blue wattles in front of each eye. The sexes are almost similar in appearance: the female is smaller than the male with a duller plumage and smaller wattles.

The Short-tailed Paradigalla is distinguished from its nearest relative, the Long-tailed Paradigalla, by its smaller size, shorter tail feathers and lack of red on the wattles. Formerly presumed to have been monogamous, it is now considered to breed polygynously [Grzimek, Bernhard "Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia". ISBN 0787653624 Text accessed at [http://www.answers.com/topic/short-tailed-paradigalla?cat=technology Answers.com] .] . It inhabits the mountain forests of New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits, seeds and insects.

The Short-tailed Paradigalla is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

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=5815&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=51191 IUCN Red List]


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