Goldie's Bird of Paradise
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The Goldie's Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea decora is a large, approximately 33cm long, olive-brown bird of paradise. 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-brown below.
Endemic to Papua New Guinea, the Goldie's Bird of Paradise is distributed in the hill forests of Fergusson and Normanby Island of the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, eastern Papuan Islands. The diet consists mainly of fruits.
The name commemorates the Scottish 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 Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
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- BirdLife International (2004). Paradisaea decora. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 9 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
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