Magnificent Bird of Paradise
- Magnificent Bird of Paradise
Taxobox
name = Magnificent Bird of Paradise
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
image_width = 225px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Paradisaeidae
genus = "Cicinnurus"
species = "C. magnificus"
binomial = "Cicinnurus magnificus"
binomial_authority = (Pennant, 1781)The Magnificent Bird of Paradise, "Cicinnurus magnificus" is a small, up to 26cm-long, bird of paradise with extremely complex plumage. The male has seemingly incandescent yellow wings, an iridescent-green breast shield, blue feet, and is adorned with a yellow mantle on its neck. It has two long, curved, blue-green sickle-like tail feathers. The female is a comparatively drab olive-brown bird with black-barred buffy underparts. It lays two creamy yellow eggs.
The Magnificent Bird of Paradise is distributed amongst the hill and mid-mountain forests of New Guinea and surrounding islands. Its diet consists mainly of fruits. Like most members of the Paradisaeidae family, the male is polygamous and performs an elaborate courtship display.
A widespread and common species throughout its large range, the Magnificent Bird of Paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
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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=5830&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=51202 IUCN Red List]
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