birds-of-paradise

E150898

bird family passerine songbird

Birds-of-paradise are a family of vividly colored, often elaborately plumed songbirds renowned for their spectacular courtship displays and primarily found in the rainforests of New Guinea and nearby regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
birds-of-paradise canonical	2
greater bird-of-paradise	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bird family ⓘ passerine ⓘ songbird ⓘ
class	Aves ⓘ
clutchSize	small ⓘ
communication	complex vocalizations ⓘ
conservationStatus	varies by species ⓘ
courtshipBehavior	complex dances ⓘ plumage displays ⓘ vocal displays ⓘ
culturalSignificance	traditional ceremonial dress in New Guinea ⓘ
diet	frugivorous ⓘ insectivorous ⓘ
distribution	Australasian realm ⓘ surface form: Australasia
femalePlumage	more cryptic ⓘ
firstDescribedBy	Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
habitat	forest edge ⓘ montane forest ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
knownFor	elaborate courtship displays ⓘ ornamental feathers ⓘ vivid plumage ⓘ
lifespan	up to several decades in the wild ⓘ
malePlumage	brightly colored ⓘ
matingSystem	lekking ⓘ polygynous ⓘ
nativeTo	Aru Islands ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ West Papua ⓘ eastern Indonesia ⓘ northeastern Australia ⓘ
notableSpecies	Wilson's bird-of-paradise ⓘ birds-of-paradise self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: greater bird-of-paradise king of Saxony bird-of-paradise ⓘ lesser bird-of-paradise ⓘ riflebird ⓘ superb bird-of-paradise ⓘ
order	Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
plumageColor	black ⓘ green ⓘ iridescent ⓘ red ⓘ yellow ⓘ
primaryFood	fruits ⓘ
relatedTo	crows ⓘ jays ⓘ magpies ⓘ
reproduction	oviparous ⓘ
scientificName	Paradisaeidae ⓘ
secondaryFood	insects ⓘ
sexualDimorphism	strong ⓘ
superfamily	Corvoidea ⓘ
taxonRank	family ⓘ
threat	habitat loss ⓘ hunting for feathers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Guinea → hasNotableFauna → birds-of-paradise ⓘ

birds-of-paradise → notableSpecies → birds-of-paradise self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: greater bird-of-paradise

Paradisaeidae → commonName → birds-of-paradise ⓘ