Monday, November 14, 2011

10 Birds of Paradise most Beautiful in the World


There are more than three dozen species in the family Paradisaeidae, or better known as the bird of paradise. There are about 13 Genus of these birds and the most famous is a member of the genus Paradisaea.
In Indonesia we call it a bird of paradise. Characterized by striking colors and bright, yellow fur, blue, red, and green. With colors so they become the most beautiful and interesting birds in the world, so called bird of paradise.
Birds of paradise are found in Papua or Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands, including Eastern Australia. Unfortunately the existence of these birds decreases with the number of poaching irresponsible.Lesser bird of paradise (Paradisaea minor)The Lesser bird of paradise known as the Paradise of small yellow. This medium-sized bird with a length of about 32 cm, red-brown with a yellow crown and upper back brownish yellow.Male birds have the throat emerald-green, a pair of long tail feathers and adorned with ornaments wings are yellow at the base of the white area in the outer regions.Female birds are smaller than males, have a dark brown head, white chest and without ornament decorated with feathers. Penyabaranya forest area covers the entire northern part of Papua New Guinea, and islands near Misool and Yapen.



Raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea Raggiana)

The Raggiana bird of paradise is also known by the name of Count Raggi's bird of paradise. Bird is also the most well known as birds of Paradise. Habitat This bird is widely distributed in southern New Guinea and northeast.Has a length of 34 cm long, red-grayish brown, yellow iris and feet grayish brown. Male birds have a yellow crown, emerald-green throat and yellow collar on the throat.Wing feather color varies from red to orange depending on the subspecies. Female birds are smaller than males, with a brown face and had no fur trimmings.

Astrapia Ribbon-tailed (Astrapia mayeri)

This is one of the most spectacular birds of paradise. His name Astrapia Ribbon-tailed and have the longest tail feathers in relation to body size, its length reaches more than three times the body length.The length of adult birds reach 32 cm in male birds which can reach 1 meter. Male birds have a black and green olive brown colored while the female bird. Males have the long-tailed bird-shaped white ribbon. Regional distribution in the central part of New Guinea.

Blue bird of paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi)

His name reminds the name of one of the taxi transportation in Indonesia. This bird is about 30 cm, black, dark brown iris color, gray legs. Male birds with feathers adorned with the dominance of blue-purple color. So that is also called the Blue Paradise.Blue Bird of Paradise is a bird endemic to Papua New Guinea. Distribution area includes the mountains of southeastern Papua New Guinea.

Riflebird Paradise (Ptiloris paradiseus)

If you've seen the movie Planet Earth, then you will see this bird. This bird has a length of about 30 cm with a male bird is black with a colorful crown turquoise, black legs, dark brown iris and yellow mouth. Female birds of this type of olive brown.Is endemic in eastern Australia, Riflebird also scattered in the rainforest in New South Wales and central Queensland. Male birds can spread his wings and show it off while moving to the right and left before the mother bird to lure them.

Red bird of paradise (Paradisaea rubra)

We named it Red Paradise, a length of about 33cm of yellow and brown, and yellow beak. Adult males can reach 72cm including decorative feathers are blood red with a white tip on the side of his stomach.Advance emerald green feathers and dark diekornya there are two long strap-shaped double gyre is black. Female birds are smaller than male birds, with dark brown face and had no fur trimmings.Is endemic from Indonesia, Red Paradise found only in lowland forests on the island and Batanta Waigeo in Raja Ampat, West Irian Jaya province.

Lawes’s Parotia (Parotia Lawesii)

Parotia lawesii medium-sized to 27 cm). Regional distribution of forest covers the mountains in the southeast and east of Papua New Guinea.Male bird has a black color with white forehead, neck iridescent blue purple green and gold chest hair. Decorated with three decorative wire head from behind each eye and elongated flank feathers in black. Female bird is brown with a dark bird's head, sliced ​​yellow and dark.

King of Saxony bird of paradise (Pteridophora alberti)

King of Saxonyi is a kind of small-sized warbler, with a length of about 22cm. Adult males have black hair and dark yellow, her head there are two strands of wire scaly feathers glossy blue-sky like a banner that reaches 40cm in length and can be enforced at the time attracts the females. Therefore this bird eaten Paradise Panji.Fur coat and grow back black hood-shaped lengthwise. Iris dark brown, legs brownish gray and half black with the inside of the mouth of sea-green.Female bird is gray brown with stripes and dark spots. Females are smaller than male birds, and without decorated wire coat or fur trimmings. Regional distribution in the mountain forests of the island of Irian.

Wilson’s Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica)

Wilson's Bird of Paradise rather small size to 21 cm. Burun male is black with red and yellow robe in the neck, mouth, light green, blue legs and two purple tail feathers are curved. Semetara that female brown with blue crown.Is endemic to Indonesia, with the spread of the hill and lowland rain forest and Batanta Waigeo Islands of West Papua.


Princess Stephanie’s Astrapia (Astrapia stephaniae)

Stephanie Astrapia measuring about 37 cm, this bird is black with colorful blue-green heads and purple, besides that it has a long black tail feathers keungunan.Females are dark brown bird with a bluish-black head. Original habitat in the mountains of central and eastern Papua New Guinea.

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