Image: Blue Bird of Paradise flank and tail plumage
Detail of the tail and flank plumes of a male Blue Bird of Paradise
- Photographer:
- Carl Bento
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Blue Bird of Paradise
- Scientific name:
- Paradisaea rudolphi
- Family:
- Paradisaeidae
- Order:
- Passeriformes
Additional information
During courtship, the male Blue Bird of Paradise hangs upside down and shimmers his widely-spread flank plumes.
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