Splendid Astrapia

This little known Astrapia is distributed to the mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of New Guinea. Its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, lizards and frogs.

The Splendid Astrapia is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Splendid Astrapia, Astrapia splendidissima, is a medium-sized, approximately 39 cm long, black bird of paradise with an iridescent yellow-green mantle, blue-green throat, dark green below and short, broad and black-tipped white tail feathers. The female has a brown plumage and dark head. This little known Astrapia is distributed to the mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of New Guinea. Its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, lizards and frogs. More

Splendid Astrapia, Great Wood-swallow, Mountain Peltops, Hooded Cuckoo-shrike, Dimorphic Fantail, Wattled Ploughbill, Black-breasted Boatbill, Fan-tailed, Tit and Crested Berrypecker, and Mountain Firetail. An optional spotlighting session after dinner could produce Sooty Owl, Jungle Hawk-Owl, Large Owlet-Nightjar, Archbold’s Nightjar, and New Guinea Woodcock. Day 6 After an optional nocturnal foray and our pre-dawn breakfast we’ll have an entire day to search for some of the more elusive species enumerated above. Dinner and optional spotlighting session. More

The Splendid Astrapia is a medium-sized black bird of paradise with an iridescent yellowgreen mantle, blue-green throat, dark green below and short white tail feathers. Intense pink suede with flashes of bronze snakeskin that extend over the Cleo B wedge. 100% leather sole. More

birded the forest close by, Splendid Astrapia female posed for some photos and the same for a curious Lorentz’s Whistler and once again the metallic sound of the Sicklebill could be heard nearby.Konopa was the next village we came across, the people there were working in their gardens in this small valley while singing, the scenery was breathtaking. More