Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Adolphe Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39. The female builds the nest, a bulky cup made with twigs and sticks, vines and dead leaves. See more ideas about Greater bird of paradise, Paradise and Colorful birds. The оpen nest is built in tree branches and sоmetimes in hоles. They are rivalled only by a few pheasants and hummingbirds in colour and in the bizarre shape of the males’ plumage. Lesser Bird-of-paradise, male. Diet / Feeding. Their displays are synchronized and coordinated. Greater bird of paradise- The greater bird Congregates in groups up to twenty to court females. The female usually lays two pinkish eggs with dark markings in a nest in a tree high above ground. They are rivalled only by a few pheasants and hummingbirds in colour and in the bizarre shape of the males’ plumage. One female chooses a male, allowing him to approach and begin the next phase of display. REPRODUCTION: The breeding season occurs between July and February. 'The Kumuls' ("birds-of-paradise" in Tok Pisin) is also the nickname of the country's national rugby league team. Text by Dr Merle Patchett. The closeness and physical contact give her the chance to make a… It also inhabits in rain forests or forest edges of Indonesia. The birds of paradise are songbirds of the family Paradisaeidae. Listing of Species (including hybrids and formerly included species). Bird-of-paradise, (family Paradisaeidae), any of approximately 45 species of small to medium-sized forest birds (order Passeriformes). The birds-of-paradise are among the most beautiful creatures on earth--and an extraordinary example of evolutionary adaptation. The Greater bird-of-paradise lives in southwest New Guinea and the Aru Islands in Indonesia, in hill forest and lowland. The Raggiana bird-of-paradise is the national bird of Papua New Guinea. Several females arrive to check out the males, spurring them to begin a dual display. Watch as two male Greater Birds-of-Paradise display together in the rainforest canopy. The Lesser Bird-of-paradise performs undulating and floppy flight. Greater Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda Check out the full taxonomy and distribution of Greater Bird-of-paradise on HBW Alive. The plumage of this species is also sexually dimorphic.The male has an iridescent green face and a yellow glossed with silver iridescence crown, head and nape. The birds of paradise of northern Australia and Papua New Guinea are famous for their elaborate plumages.