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Raggiana bird-of-paradise

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is a bowl-shaped structure composed of leaves and leaf pieces, stems, ferns and other plant fibres. It is lined with horsehair-like material and is situated 2–11 m above the ground on tree branches. The position of the nest may be higher in areas where humans disturb the nest. The female usually lays
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and greyish-brown feet. The male has a yellow crown, dark emerald-green throat and yellow collar between the throat and its blackish upper breast feathers. It is adorned with a pair of long black tail wires and large flank plumes. The male has the long tail feather while the female does not. The
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period has been recorded as 18 days in the wild and 20 days in captivity. As in all polygamous birds-of-paradise, the female alone assumes all incubation duties.
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female is a comparatively drab maroonish-brown bird. The ornamental flank plumes vary from red to orange in color, depending on
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The Raggiana bird-of-paradise is 34 centimetres (13 in) long. Its overall colour is a maroon-brown, with a greyish-blue
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Beehler, BM; JP Dumbacher (1996). "More Examples of Fruiting Trees Visited Predominantly by Birds of Paradise".
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Davis Jr., William E.; Bruce M. Beehler (1994). "Nesting Behavior of a Raggiana Bird of Paradise".
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Like others of its family, the male has elaborate breeding plumage used to impress females.
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of eastern New Guinea, the Raggiana bird-of-paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the
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Male raggiana bird-of-paradise displaying at a lek, Varirata National Park
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Frith, C.B. (1981). "Displays of Count Raggi's Bird-of-Paradise
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The breeding system of the Raggiana bird-of-paradise is
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of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of
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It is distributed widely in southern and northeastern
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Bird songs from around the world. 730: 8: 659:"Displays of Count Raggi's Bird-of-Paradise 1419: 1249: 1235: 786: 775: 758: 737: 723: 715: 199: 53: 29: 20: 1342:Rothschild's lobe-billed bird-of-paradise 548: 546: 527: 448:of one to two (usually two) pinkish buff 1287:Duivenbode's six-wired bird-of-paradise 493: 411:Its diet consists mainly of fruits and 556:Encyclopaedia of Papua and New Guinea 472:Widespread and common throughout the 396:Empress of Germany's bird of paradise 326:The Raggiana bird-of-paradise is the 7: 1727:National symbols of Papua New Guinea 1403: 1702:IUCN Red List least concern species 515:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1307:King of Holland's bird-of-paradise 14: 1317:Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise 1402: 1393: 1392: 78: 1242:likely hybrid birds-of-paradise 987:King of Saxony bird-of-paradise 504:BirdLife International (2018). 273:Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise 1: 1367:Wilhelmina's bird-of-paradise 1362:Stresemann's bird-of-paradise 1337:Rothschild's bird-of-paradise 1277:Duivenbode's bird-of-paradise 1168:Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise 398:, has apricot-orange plumes. 1722:Taxa named by Philip Sclater 1357:Sharpe's lobe-billed parotia 1122:Magnificent bird-of-paradise 334:. 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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Paradisaeidae
Paradisaea
Binomial name
P.L. Sclater

Paradisaea apoda
Synonyms

bird-of-paradise
family
Paradisaeidae
New Guinea
Luigi Maria D'Albertis
Marquis
Francesco Raggi
Genoa
national bird
Papua New Guinea
national flag

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