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This page is about the bird. For the plant, see Caesalpinia pulcherrima.
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Paradisaea
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rubra
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The red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra), also called the cendrawasih merah, is a bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea, family Paradisaeidae.
Description
Large, up to 33 cm long, brown and yellow with a dark brown iris, grey legs, and yellow bill. The male has an emerald green face, a pair of elongated black corkscrew-shaped tail wires, dark green feather pompoms above each eye, and a train of glossy crimson red plumes with whitish tips at either side of the breast. The male measures up to 72 cm long, including the ornamental red plumes that require at least six years to fully attain. The female is similar but smaller in size, with a dark brown face and has no ornamental red plumes. The diet consists mainly of fruits, berries and arthropods.
Distribution
An Indonesian endemic, the red bird-of-paradise is distributed to lowland rainforests of Waigeo and Batanta islands of Raja Ampat, West Papua. This species shares its home with another bird-of-paradise, the Wilson's bird-of-paradise. Hybridisation between these two species has not been recorded.
Gallery
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Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in Raja Ampat Papua, 2015
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Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in Raja Ampat Papua, 2015
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Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in Raja Ampat Papua, 2015
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Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in Papua New Guinea, 2013
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Red bird-of-paradise on Tree in Papua New Guinea, 2013
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Juvenile Red bird-of-paradise, 2009