Lesser bird of paradise

Lesser bird of paradise

Flying Animal | Lesser bird of paradise | Become a bird one world's most expensive because a lot of advantages. The Lesser Bird-of-paradise is a medium-sized, up to 32 cm-long, maroon-brown with a yellow crown and brownish-yellow upper back. The male has a dark emerald-green throat, a pair of long tail-wires and is adorned with ornamental flank Plumes at the which are deep yellow Their base and fade outwards into white. The female is a bird with a dark maroon-brown head and whitish underparts. Further study is required, but it seems a Likely That birds of paradise also possess toxins in Their skins, derived from Their insect prey. It resembles the larger Greater Bird-of-paradise, but the male of the species has a dark That chest, whereas the female is entirely brown (no whitish underparts).

Among the most notable birds-of-paradise are the plumebirds — the seven species of Paradisaea, 29 to 46 cm (11 1/2 to 18 in.) long. Their central tail feathers are elongated as wires or twisted narrow ribbons, and their filmy flank plumes can be raised and brought forward over the back, hiding the wings. The greater bird-of-paradise (P. apoda) has been introduced into the island of Little Tobago, in Trinidad and Tobago off the coast of Venezuela.

Lesser bird of paradise

The 12-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca, sometimes S. ignotus) is a short-tailed, 33-cm bird with flank plumes elaborated as forward-curving wires.

Lesser bird of paradise

Grouped as flagbirds are the six-plumed birds-of-paradise—the four species of Parotia—and the King of Saxony's bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti). The former have elaborate flank plumes as well as six flag-tipped wires projecting back from the head; the latter has a shoulder-cape and a pair of long head-streamers composed of about 40 squarish lobes with an enameled appearance.

Lesser bird of paradise

Scientific Classification
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Chordata
Class:     Aves
Order:     Passeriformes
Family:     Paradisaeidae
Genus:     Paradisaea
Species:     P. minor

Lesser bird of paradise

Binomial Name
Paradisaea minor