Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
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| Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradisaeidae |
| Genus: | Seleucidis Lesson, 1835 |
| Species: | S. melanoleucus |
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| Seleucidis melanoleucus (Daudin, 1800) |
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The Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus) is a medium-sized bird of paradise about 33cm-long with velvet black and yellow color. The male has a red iris, long black bill and rich yellow plumes along its flanks. From the rear of these plumes emerge twelve blackish, wire-like filaments, which bend back near their bases to sweep forward over the birds hindquarters. The female is a brown bird with black-barred buffy underparts. Its feet are strong, large-clawed and pink in color.
It is the only monotypic genus Seleucidis. The male displays on an exposed vertical perch with its breast-shield flared. They eat fruits and arthropods.
It can be found in lowland forests, New Guinea and Salawati Island of Irian Jaya.
References [change]
- BirdLife International (2004). Seleucidis melanoleucus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 1 November 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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