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Male birds inherit dance moves from their fathers. ©”Cape presentation display of superb birds-of-paradise” by (A) Edwin Scholes / (B) Tim Laman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
The greater lophorina (Lophorina latipennis), formerly a subspecies of the superb bird-of-paradise, is a species of passerine bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. It is found in the central and northeast montane regions of New Guinea .
The Vogelkop lophorina (Lophorina superba), formerly part of the superb bird-of-paradise complex, is a species of passerine bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. It is found in montane northwest New Guinea .
The genus formerly contained a single species, the superb bird-of-paradise, which had five subspecies. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2017 the Swedish ornithologist Martin Irestedt and collaborators suggested that the superb bird-of-paradise should be split into three species.
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A comical dance routine used by a rare breed of bird in a mating tactic that has never before been filmed in the wild. Sir David Attenborough has narrated the bizarre display of the male tragopan.
Birds-of-paradise range in size from the king bird-of-paradise at 50 g (1.8 oz) and 15 cm (5.9 in) to the curl-crested manucode at 44 cm (17 in) and 430 g (15 oz). The male black sicklebill , with its long tail, is the longest species at 110 cm (43 in).
The parotias are a genus, Parotia, of passerine birds in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. They are endemic to New Guinea. They are also known as six-plumed birds of paradise, due to their six head quills. These birds were featured prominently in the BBC series Planet Earth.