Goldie's bird-of-paradise (''Paradisaea decora'') is a species of
bird-of-paradise.
Endemic to
Papua New Guinea, the Goldie's bird-of-paradise is distributed in the hill forests of
Fergusson
Fergusson may refer to:
Places
*County of Fergusson, South Australia, Australia
*Fergusson Island, off the coast of New Guinea
*Fergusson Glacier, Wilson Hills, Antarctica
*Nacimiento-Fergusson Road, the only road across the Santa Lucia Range in t ...
and
Normanby Island of the
D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, eastern Papuan Islands. The diet consists mainly of fruits.
The name commemorates the
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
collector
Andrew Goldie, who discovered the bird in 1882.
Due to ongoing
habitat loss, limited range and overhunting in some areas, the Goldie's bird-of-paradise is evaluated as Vulnerable on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of
CITES.
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
iris and grey colored
bill, mouth and feet. It is adorned with large crimson ornamental flank plumes and two long tail wires. The male is distinguished from other ''
Paradisaea'' species by its lavender grey breast plumage. Unadorned female has an olive-brown plumage with
cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus ''Cinnamomum''. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfa ...
-brown below.
References
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
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