6 Stunning Birds of Paradise Species that Native to Papua Island

Bird of Paradise is one of the endemic animals that can only be found in Papua. This animal is famous for having a charming and beauty feathers.

Apparently, bird of paradise can also be found in some areas near Papua such as Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. Let’s check it. Here are 7 Beautiful Animals to See in Australia.

Until now, it has been identified about 41 birds of paradise species in the world. There are 37 birds of paradise species can be found in Papua.

Birds of paradise have a native habitat in rain-forests in the lowlands. Unfortunately, these birds of paradise are now threatened with extinction.

Besides being hunted to be traded, the population of these birds of paradise decreases as an effect of illegal logging. These are 7 Animals Extinction in the 20th Century which extinct due to illegal hunting and logging.

Well, here are 6 Papuan birds of paradise species that are Papuan native animals. Let’s meet them.

1. Lesser Bird of Paradise

Lesser Bird of Paradise is also called small yellow bird of paradise. This bird of paradise has a medium size, usually about 32 cm. This Papuan bird of paradise has a variety of colours on its body.

Its chest has brownish red colour while its back has brownish yellow colour. This bird’s beak has a bluish grey colour and yellow eyes. Beside that, the tail has a black antenna.

The female bird has a brown head with white feathers on its chest. As the male has green feathers in the throat area and there are a pair of long tails that are both white and yellow.

Lesser Bird of Paradise is a carnivorous animal. Besides eating fruits, it also eats small insects. Uniquely, they are also called as a small cayenne pepper because of its capability in dancing.

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2. Ribbon-tailed Astrapia

This kind of bird of paradise is very amazing. It has a body length of 32 cm. Uniquely, it has a tail length of 3 times of its body which is about 1 meter. That’s why this Papuan bird of paradise is labelled as the longest tailed bird in the world.

The male Ribbon-tailed Astrapia has black and green feathers while the female has brown feathers. Unfortunately, this Ribbon-tailed Astrapia is now a bird of paradise species that is endangered. The original habitat of this animal is in West Papua, Indonesia.

3. Red Bird of Paradise

This type of this Papuan bird of paradise comes from Raja Ampat, Papua. This female red bird of paradisehas a length of 33 cm while the male can reach 72 cm.

Related to its name this bird of paradise has red feathers with yellow beaks. The tail has two long black double-stranded feathers.

This red bird of paradise is only found in lowland forests. It is also an endemic animal of both Waigeo and Batanta islands in Raja Ampat district, West Papua

Uniquely, this male red bird of paradise is polygamy. After getting copulation the male will leave while the female bird waits for the eggs hatching. Let’s see 8 Polygamous Animals in the World.

4. Wilson’s Bird of Paradise

Another endemic bird of paradise is Wilson’s bird of paradise. This Papuan bird of paradise has a smaller body compared to other birds of paradise which is only 21 cm. This bird is also called bald bird of paradise because its head looks like a bald head.

The male bird has a black body with a red neck and a yellow stripe. Meanwhile the feet are blue. It has a green beak and a pair of purple tails.

Its head is light blue with a black double cross pattern. Slightly different from male birds, the female birds are brown with a light blue head.

Wilson’s Bird of Paradise is an endemic bird of lowland forest on both Waigeo and Batanta islands in Raja Ampat district, West Papua. This bird is called Wilson’s bird of paradise because it was first discovered by a biology scientist named Edward Wilson.

5. King Bird of Paradise

King bird of paradise has a different colour between females and males. This female bird of paradise has a brown body with a striped pattern on bottom section. The male has bright red and white body. Its feet are blue with a long tail feathers and green garnish.

This male bird of paradise has a length of approximately 16 cm. This bird is a Papuan endemic bird of paradise exactly located in West Papua.

6. Parotia Arfak Bird of Paradise

The male bird of paradise has black feathers extending to the side of its chest. Several long feathers are next to its eyes. As the female bird has no decoration and just brown feathers.

The male will dance like a ballerina with black feathers spreading like a skirt. It also shook its head and neck quickly. This Parotia Arfak bird of paradise is only found in Vogelkop Mountain and Wandammen Peninsula in West Papua.

Those are papuan birds of paradise as some of them are endangered. You should read 6 Endangered Birds Around The World.