There are many different birds of paradise,
but they all have something in common: beauty.
Raggiana bird of paradise
Looks
The national bird of New Guinea, Raggiana birds of
paradise have light maroon-brown body plumage and grey-blue feet and beak. Male
birds have green throats, and a yellow cap on their heads that joins a band of
yellow going under its chin like a chinstrap. They have magnificent ruff of red
feathers that they display when courting a female. Females have no red ruff,
instead they are plain maroon-brown with a darker face, throat, ear-coverts,
and chin. They are smaller than the males, with shorter wings.
Feeding
Raggiana
birds of paradise eat mostly fruits such as berries and figs. It may also eat
insects and spiders, as well as frogs and lizards.
Breeding
When
the time comes to mate, males birds perch in trees to attract the females' attention. They clap their wings, shake their heads and puff out their beautiful
red-orange tail plumes. Once they have mated, the female lays 1 or 2 eggs in a
bowl-shaped nest made of leaves, ferns, and plant fibres.
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