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Lesser Bird-of-Paradise - BirdForum Opus

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Paradisaea minor
Photo by mehdhalaouate
Photographed: Genyem, Irian Jaya.

Identification

32c. Yellow crown, brown-yellow upper back, green throat, long tail-wires. Female - maroon, dark brown head, white below.

Distribution

Misool and Jobi Islands of West Irian Jaya and northern New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Forest

Behaviour

2 pinkish eggs with dark markings are laid in tree nest high above ground.

The diet consists mainly of fruits and insects.


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