- Western Parotia
Taxobox
name = Western Parotia
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
image_width = 225px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Paradisaeidae
genus = "Parotia "
species = "P. sefilata"
binomial = "Parotia sefilata"
binomial_authority = (Pennant, 1781)The Western Parotia, "Parotia sefilata" is a medium-sized, approximately 33cm long,bird of paradise with a medium-length tail. The male has a black plumage with an iridescent golden-green breast shield andtriangular silver feathers on its crown. It is adorned with an elongated black plumes at sides of breast and three erectile spatule head wires behind each eye. As with most member in the family, the female is unadorned and has brown plumage.Endemic to
Indonesia , the Western Parotia is found only in the mountain forests ofVogelkop andWandammen Peninsula ofWestern New Guinea . The diet consists mainly of fruits and figs.In courtship display, the male performs
ballerina -like dance with its elongated black plumes spread aroundskirt -like, right below the iridescence breast shield. During the spectacular dance, he shakes his head and neck rapidly to show thebrilliance of its inverted silvertriangle -shaped head adornment to attending females.Widespread and common species throughout its range, the Western Parotia is evaluated as Least Concern on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II ofCITES .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=5821&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=51195 IUCN Red List]
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