Cenderawasih (Birds of Paradise)
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise
Diphyllodes magnificus
- epik
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Males clear a forest-floor dance court, then display with a glowing turquoise breast shield and spiral tail wires.
- Populasi
- Not precisely quantified; common and widespread across its New Guinea range with a presumed stable population trend
- Habitat
- Tropical and subtropical hill and lower montane rainforest, typically from lowlands up to roughly 1,500 m (locally to ~1,780 m)
- Fakta menarik
- The male's courtship display is unique among birds-of-paradise: he leans back until his body is perpendicular to his display sapling, fans his cape into a yellow halo behind his head, flares his iridescent green breast shield, and waggles his curled sickle-shaped tail — and nearby females occasionally attack and drive off a displaying female rival mid-performance.
- Sebaran
- New Guinea (Indonesian Papua and Papua New Guinea) and nearby western satellite islands, including Salawati, Yapen, and the Raja Ampat/Aru island groups
- Makanan
- Primarily fruit, supplemented with arthropods and occasionally small reptiles/amphibians and nectar
- Ukuran
- 0,19 m
- Masa hidup
- 6 tahun
