Wilson's bird-of-paradise is a small bird-of-paradise found only on the Indonesian islands of Waigeo and Batanta in the Raja Ampat archipelago. Males display strikingly colorful plumage combining a red back, a yellow mantle and a bare turquoise-blue crown crossed by fine black lines, along with two curled, wire-like tail feathers. Males clear a small patch of forest floor as a display court, where they perform an elaborate courtship dance to attract females.
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Source Wilson's bird-of-paradise (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Wilson's bird-of-paradise
In Ecosystem
Source Wikidata: Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci)
Additional Source Raja Ampat Islands (Wikipedia)Article text
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1. Wikipedia: Wilson's bird-of-paradise
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He did so by dropping leaves on the forest floor, which irritated the bird into clearing them away.
Section: Diet
Their diet consists of fruits, insects, arthropods, and other small invertebrates
Section: Diet; begins "Their diet consists of fruits, insects, arthropo"
Their diet consists of fruits, insects, arthropods, and other small invertebrates.
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It is listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat
Its preferred habitat is the hill forest at 300 m of altitude, more rarely the lowland rainforest and the middle mountain forest.
View the Source2. Wilson's bird-of-paradise (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q27075339 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
- Child Taxon Of: Paradisaeidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source Raja Ampat Islands (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Raja Ampat, Article textQuote, In Ecosystem: Raja Ampat, Article text
Two species of bird-of-paradise, the red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) and Wilson's bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes respublica), are endemic to the islands of Waigeo, Gam, and Batanta.
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