Cenderawasih (Birds of Paradise)
Superb Bird-of-paradise
Lophorina superba
- selestial
- 1221 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Males succeed in fewer than 2% of displays. The iridescent breast shield fans into an oval that looks like a cartoon face.
- Habitat
- Tropical montane rainforest and forest edge, mainly in the upper canopy of hill and lower montane forest
- Fakta menarik
- During courtship the male erects his velvety black cape and oval blue-green breast shield into an ellipse around his head, creating an uncanny "smiley face" silhouette that he bounces in front of the female — footage of the display, filmed in the Arfak Mountains, went viral.
- Sebaran
- Northwestern New Guinea — restricted to the Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula and Wandammen Peninsula, Indonesia
- Makanan
- Mainly fruit and arthropods; occasionally larger prey such as frogs, small reptiles, and small birds
- Ukuran
- 0,26 m
