Raggiana – Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana Order – Family: Passeriformes – Paradisaeidae Physical Description: These ...

The Indian jungles are a paradise for birdwatchers. These jungles offer a chance to spot vibrant and exotic birds in their ...

This juxtaposition likely enhances the entire display, which may signal to females that the performer is of good breeding quality. While females of many of the birds-of-paradise species also ...

The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London As they watch, female birds-of-paradise see far more of the display than we can. While humans see with three types of cone cell, birds have five.

Lawes’s Parotia Parotia lawesii Order – Family: Passeriformes – Paradisaeidae Physical Description: This bird measures ...

Birds of paradise are highly sexually dimorphic ... while males use it to show off. Take the mating display of the Western parotia (Parotia sefilata). The male will clear an area on the forest ...

Before or during their courtship display in the wild, some male birds-of-paradise will raise their wings up to surround their face, creating what Martin and her colleagues describe as "a dark ...

Vividly flamboyant birds-of-paradise display stunning plumage in emerald, lemon, cobalt and ruby hues. But they may also be sending secret color signals that are invisible to the human eye.

Dinosaur feathers were likely used for insulation or display. More complex feathers specialized for flight took birds—the sole ... PHOTOGRAPHED AT PARROTS IN PARADISE, AUSTRALIA The sociable ...