Animal Kingdom: Blue Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi)

Blue Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi)

                Blue Bird of Paradise is one of the most beautiful birds in the world. It founded by Carl Hunstein when he was on his way in irian Island on 1884. It has blue, black, and orange color in it’s feathers. The wings has blue color, the tail is orange, and the head is black. It has white color around it’s eyes. Here… Take a look!

                Length of this bird is up to 30 cm (exculding tail wires for male) with weight: 158 – 189 g (for male) and 124 – 166 g (for female) . Blue bird of paradise is endemic bird of Papua New Guinea and mostly spread in the mountains in the southeast of Papua New Guinea. Mainly eat fruits.  (Coates 1990, Mack 1992, Frith dan Beehler 1998) But it also eat i

Male blue birds-of-paradise also have fine blue tail plumes with two delicate, long streamers, while, in contrast to the dark males, females have chestnut underparts. During their mating display, males will give a rhythmic 'wahr...wahr...' call.  (BirdLife International (2000) Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.)

The Blue bird of paradise habitat is damaged because the forests are turning into way for agriculture and development. The population is arround 2.500 – 9.000 mature birds and total about 3.500 – 15.000 birds.This species is protected by law in Papua New Guinea.(Fauna Act of 1966-73).

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Whiteside, R. 1998. The Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea rudolphi: display and behaviour of wild birds. Australian Bird Watcher 17: 319-327.