Goldie's bird-of-paradise (''Paradisaea decora'') is a species of

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, the Goldie's bird-of-paradise is distributed in the hill forests of Fergusson and Normanby Island of the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, eastern Papuan Islands. The diet consists mainly of fruits. The name commemorates the Scottish collector

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, who discovered the bird in 1882. Due to ongoing

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, limited range and overhunting in some areas, the Goldie's bird-of-paradise is evaluated as Vulnerable on the

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of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of

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Description

Goldie's bird-of-paradise is large, approximately 33 cm long, and olive-brown. The male has a yellow and dark green plumage with a lavender grey breast, yellow

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and grey colored

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, mouth and feet. It is adorned with large crimson ornamental flank plumes and two long tail wires. The male is distinguished from other ''

Paradisaea The genus ''Paradisaea'' consists of six species of birds-of-paradise (family Paradisaeidae). The genus is found on the island of New Guinea as well as the nearby islands groups of the Aru Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands and Raja Ampat Islands. ...

'' species by its lavender grey breast plumage. Unadorned female has an olive-brown plumage with cinnamon-brown below.

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External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet
Paradisaea Birds of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands Birds described in 1883 Taxa named by Osbert Salvin Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman {{Paradisaeidae-stub