- Splendid Astrapia
Taxobox
name = Splendid Astrapia
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Paradisaeidae
genus = "Astrapia "
species = "A. splendidissima"
binomial = "Astrapia splendidissima"
binomial_authority = Rothschild, 1895The Splendid Astrapia, "Astrapia splendidissima" is a medium-sized, approximately 39cm long, blackbird of paradise with aniridescent yellow-green mantle, blue-green throat, dark green below and short, broad and black-tipped white tail feathers. The female has a brown plumage and dark head.This little known "Astrapia" is distributed to the mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of
New Guinea . Its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, lizards and frogs.Widespread and common species throughout its range, the Splendid Astrapia 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=5834&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=51204 IUCN Red List]
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