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Birds of Paradise 62 images Created 9 Oct 2009

The Birds of Paradise are a family of birds found in the New Guinea region that have evolved the most varied and most elaborate plumes and display behaviors in the bird world. The male birds of paradise have spectacular plumage that they use to attract mates. They also have different rituals that are preformed for the females. The Birds of Paradise Project has produced two National Geographic stories, a 1 hour documentary on the National Geographic Channel, a traveling interactive exhibit and a beautiful coffee table book. Go to the Book Store page to purchase a copy with Tim Laman's signature.
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  • Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca)
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  • Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda)..Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.
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  • Western Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia sefilata).  Adult male at its display court, performing ballerina dance. . ..
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  • Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) Bird of Paradise..Male on display perch trying to lure a female down to his perch with a spread wings display.
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  • Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda). Adult male shaking his plumes as part of display..Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.
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  • Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina superba) calling from his display log.
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  • Red Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rubra) male performing a practice display at his display site, known as a lek, high in the canopy of the forest on Batanta Island, Indonesia.  Photographed from a canopy blind..IUCN Red List:  NT
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  • Huon Astrapia (Astrapia rothschildi) adult male at a fruiting Shefflera tree.
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  • Wahnes Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia wahnesi) male in the YUS Conservation Area..Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Emperor Bird-of Paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi) males displaying at their lek in the top of the rain forest canopy.  Their display includes a inverted dance in which they hang below the branch and spread their plumes to show to females watching from above.
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  • Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male at his display site in the rain forest canopy..Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera Island, North Moluccas, Indonesia.
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  • Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male at his display site in the rain forest canopy.
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  • Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male at his display site in the rain forest canopy in Halmahera, Indonesia.
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  • A male Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) Bird of Paradise on a display perch..Atherton Tablelands, Wooroonooran National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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  • A male Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) Bird of Paradise on a display perch..Atherton Tablelands, Wooroonooran National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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  • Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) Bird of Paradise..Male on display perch trying to lure a female down to his perch with a spread wings display.
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  • Black Sicklebill BIrd of Paradise (Epimachus fastuosus).  Adult male perched on his display pole...
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  • view of canopy blind and surroundings at Lesser Bird of Paradise lek.
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  • Magnificent Riflebird Bird of Paradise (Ptiloris magnificus) perched at his display vine.
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  • King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) male performing open wings display.
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  • Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) male displaying to a female at his display pole in the swamp rain foerst at Nimbokrang, Papau, Indonesia, Island of New Guinea.
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  • Pale-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis bruijnii) male.
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  • Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus).Young male performing practice display
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  • Raggiana Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana).Adult male at his display site:  performing display..Kiburu Forest, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Wahnes' Parotia (Parotia wahnesi).Adult male on perch over his court.
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  • Wahnes' Parotia (Parotia wahnesi).Adult male performs ballerina display
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  • King of Saxony Bird of Paradise (Pteridophora alberti).adult male at calling perch above the canopy
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  • Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina superba).Adult male at a display branch, displaying with cape raised, trying to lure down female... while facing away from the camera
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  • A male King of Saxony Bird of Paradies (Pteridophora alberti) on display perch..Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Goldie's Bird of Paradise.(Paradisaea decora) male displaying at lek..
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  • Goldie's Bird of Paradise..Paradisaea decora.
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  • Goldie's Bird of Paradise.(Paradisaea decora) male attempting to mount a female..
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  • Goldie's Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea decora)..Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Curl-crested Manucode..Manucodia comrii.At nest with chick.
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  • Wilson's Bird of Paradise male at the display perch in the center of his carefully cleared court, presenting his colors to a female watching from above..(Cicinnnurus respublica).
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  • Wilson's Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica)..Batanta Island, Papua, Indonesia.
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  • Magnificent Bird of Paradise.(Cicinnurus magnificus) male at his display perch in the middle of his cleared court..
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  • Western Parotia Bird of Paradise.(Parotia sefilata) male performing "ballerina dance" display for a female.
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  • Western Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia sefilata)..Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.
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  • Magnificent Bird of Paradise.(Cicinnurus magnificus) male displaying to a female who has come down to his display perch in the middle of his cleared court..
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  • Adult male Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) feeding on fruits of a Schefflera plant..Southwestern slopes of Mt. Hage, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Adult male King of Saxony Bird of Paradise on the vine he uses for displaying to females.
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  • An adult male Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise on his display pole in the swamp forest along the Karawari River.
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  • An adult male Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise on his display pole in the swamp forest along the Karawari River..
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  • Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) adult male.
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  • Male Carola's Parotia (mostly black bird) displaying to females plumage birds (mostly brown birds) at his display court, which is an area of ground cleared of leaves with a horizontal perch crossing above.
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  • Blue Bird of Paradise perching and calling from the top of a tree.  Near village gardens owned by Phillip outside Herowana village...
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  • Male Blue Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) foraging for fruits in a fruiting tree crown..Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea..
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  • Female Brown Sickle in the cloud forest adjacent to Kumul Lodge..
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  • Young male Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri) in the vicinity of Mt. Hagen..Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Male King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) on his display vine in the rain forest canopy in the vicinity of the Karawari River..East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Male King Bird of Paradise on his display vine in the rain forest canopy..Alfred Russel Wallace made the first field study of this bird..
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  • Blue Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) male performing practice display in the vicinity of the Tari Valley..Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina superba) male in the vicinity of the Tari Valley..Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina superba) male.
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  • Lawes' Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia lawesii) female foraging in the vicinity of the Tari Valley..Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Lawes' Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia lawesii) male foraging.
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  • Stephanie's Astrapia Bird of Paradise (Astrapia stephaniae) male.
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  • Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) male at calling perch near his display court..Huon Peninsula, YUS Conservation Area, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) male,  perched above his display court soliciting a female to come to watch his display.
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  • King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) tail feather detail.  Captured at Kwerba
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  • View looking straight up into the canopy of the very mossy montane rain forest of the Foja Mountains.<br />
Approx. 1700 m.
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