The red bird-of-paradise (''Paradisaea rubra''), also called the cendrawasih merah, is a bird-of-paradise in the genus '' Paradisaea'', family Paradisaeidae.

Description

Large, up to 33 cm long, brown and yellow with a dark brown iris, grey legs, and yellow bill. The male has an emerald green face, a pair of elongated black

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-shaped tail wires, dark green feather pompoms above each eye, and a train of glossy crimson red plumes with whitish tips at either side of the breast. The male measures up to 72 cm long, including the ornamental red plumes that require at least six years to fully attain. The female is similar but smaller in size, with a dark brown face and has no ornamental red plumes. The diet consists mainly of fruits,

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and

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Distribution

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

, the red bird-of-paradise is distributed to lowland rainforests of Waigeo and

Batanta Batanta is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Its area is 479.52 km2 (including smaller offshore islands) and its highest point is 1184 m. The Pitt Strait (Indonesia), Pitt Strai ...

islands of Raja Ampat, West Papua. This species shares its home with another bird-of-paradise, the

Wilson's bird-of-paradise Wilson's bird-of-paradise (''Diphyllodes respublica'') is a species of passerine bird of the family (biology), family Paradisaeidae. The first footage of the Wilson's bird-of-paradise ever to be filmed was recorded in 1996 by David Attenborough f ...

. Hybridisation between these two species has not been recorded.

Gallery

File:Red Bird-of-paradise on Gam, Raja Ampat.jpg, Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in Raja Ampat Papua, 2015 File:Red Bird Paradise on Pulau Gam, Raja Amapt.jpg, Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in Raja Ampat Papua, 2015 File:Two Red Bird of Paradise in Raja Ampat.jpg, Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in Raja Ampat Papua, 2015 File:Red Bird-of-paradise PNG 2.jpg, Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

, 2013 File:Red Bird-of-paradise PNG 1.jpg, Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in Papua New Guinea, 2013 File:Red Bird of Paradise 2.jpg, Juvenile Red bird-of-paradise, 2009

In popular culture

* The red bird-of-paradise is depicted on the front side of 1992 edition of Indonesia 20000 Rupiah banknote. Indonesia 1992 20000r o

References

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet

Red Data Book
{{Taxonbar, from=Q795542 Paradisaea Birds of the Raja Ampat Islands Birds described in 1800 Endemic birds of Indonesia Taxa named by François Marie Daudin