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 corkscrew-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, berries and arthropods.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Paradisaea rubra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706241A94057735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706241A94057735.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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bird, paradise, this, article, about, bird, plant, caesalpinia, pulcherrima, bird, paradise, paradisaea, rubra, also, called, cendrawasih, merah, bird, paradise, genus, paradisaea, family, paradisaeidae, male, central, park, york, united, states, female, juron. This article is about the bird For the plant see Caesalpinia pulcherrima The red bird of paradise Paradisaea rubra also called the cendrawasih merah is a bird of paradise in the genus Paradisaea family Paradisaeidae Red bird of paradiseMale at Central Park Zoo New York NY United States Female at Jurong BirdPark Singapore Conservation statusNear Threatened IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass AvesOrder PasseriformesFamily ParadisaeidaeGenus ParadisaeaSpecies P rubraBinomial nameParadisaea rubraDaudin 1800 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External linksDescription EditLarge 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 corkscrew 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 berries and arthropods Distribution EditAn Indonesian endemic the red bird of paradise is distributed to lowland rainforests of Waigeo and Batanta islands of Raja Ampat West Papua This species shares its home with another bird of paradise the Wilson s bird of paradise Hybridisation between these two species has not been recorded In popular culture EditThe red bird of paradise is depicted on the front side of 1992 edition of Indonesia 20000 Rupiah banknote Red bird of paradise featured in 20 000 rupiah banknote References Edit BirdLife International 2016 Paradisaea rubra IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T22706241A94057735 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 3 RLTS T22706241A94057735 en Retrieved 12 November 2021 External links EditBirdLife Species Factsheet Red Data Book Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paradisaea rubra Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Red bird of paradise amp oldid 1111345596, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
