king of Saxony bird-of-paradise

E609145
bird species bird-of-paradise passerine

The king of Saxony bird-of-paradise is a small, vividly colored New Guinea bird famed for the male’s extraordinarily long, enamel-blue head plumes used in elaborate courtship displays.

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Label Occurrences
king of Saxony bird-of-paradise canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird species ⓘ
bird-of-paradise ⓘ
passerine ⓘ
binomialName Pteridophora alberti NERFINISHED ⓘ
bodySize small bird-of-paradise ⓘ
breedingSystem lek-like displays ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName king of Saxony bird-of-paradise ⓘ
conservationConcern habitat loss in parts of range ⓘ
courtshipBehavior elaborate display by males ⓘ
describedBy Otto Finsch NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedInYear 1894 ⓘ
diet arthropods ⓘ
fruits ⓘ
displaySite exposed perches ⓘ
forest canopy ⓘ
distributionRegion Indonesian New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
endemicTo New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
family Paradisaeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
femalePlumageColor barred ⓘ
brown ⓘ
foundInBiome tropical montane rainforest ⓘ
genus Pteridophora NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicRealm Australasian realm NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat forest edge ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
secondary growth ⓘ
headPlumeColor enamel-blue ⓘ
headPlumeFunction courtship display ⓘ
IUCNStatus Least Concern ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
malePlumageColor black and yellow ⓘ
olive ⓘ
white ⓘ
malePlumeLength longer than body length ⓘ
namedAfter King Albert of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeRange central highlands of New Guinea ⓘ
notableFeature extremely long head plumes ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction polygynous mating system ⓘ
sexualDimorphism present ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
vocalization loud mechanical-sounding calls ⓘ

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birds-of-paradise → notableSpecies → king of Saxony bird-of-paradise ⓘ