Wahnes's Parotia
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| Parotia wahnesi Rothschild, 1906 |
The Wahnes's Parotia, Parotia wahnesi is a medium-sized, up to 43cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male has an iridescent yellow green breast shield, elongated black plumes, three erectile spatule head wires behind each eye, coppery bronzed nasal tuft feathers and long, wedge-shaped tail feathers. The female is a rich brown bird with blackish head.
The Wahnes's Parotia is distributed and endemic to the mountain forests of Huon Peninsula and Adelbert Mountains, northeast Papua New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods. The male is polygamous and performs spectacular courtship display in the forest ground.
The name commemorates the German collector Carl Wahnes, whom discovered the species in 1906.
Due to ongoing habitat lost on this restricted range species, the Wahnes's Parotia is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Parotia wahnesi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
