Western Parotia

Endemic to Indonesia, the Western Parotia is found only in the mountain forests of Vogelkop and Wandammen Peninsula of Western New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits and figs.

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

Here's a video of the Western Parotia I found on YouTube that sounds like it's narrated by David Attenborough which is pretty characteristic of something that Discovery would show :) http://www.youtube. More

Endemic to Indonesia, the Western Parotia is found only in the mountain forests of Vogelkop and Wandammen Peninsula of Western New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits and figs. In courtship display, the male performs a ballerina-like dance with its elongated black plumes spread around skirt-like, right below the iridescence breast shield. During the spectacular dance, he shakes his head and neck rapidly to show the brilliance of his inverted silver triangle-shaped head adornment to attending females. More

The Western Parotia, Parotia sefilata is a medium-sized, approximately 33cm long, bird of paradise with a medium-length tail. The male has a black plumage with an iridescent golden-green breast shield and triangular silver feathers on its crown. It is adorned with an elongated black plumes at sides of breast and three erectile spatule head wires behind each eye. As with most member in the family, the female is unadorned and has brown plumage. More

This species is endemic to Indonesia, the Western Parotia is found only in the mountain forests of Vogelkop and Wandammen Peninsula of Western New Guinea. A widespread and common species throughout its range, the Western Parotia is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES. More

Results for: western parotiaTranslations 1 - 30 of 86 English English Finnish Finnish western parotia arfakinliputtaja, Parotia sefilata carola’s parotia kuningatarliputtaja, Parotia carolae wahnes’s parotia kuningasliputtaja, Parotia wahnesi eastern parotia idäntöpöliputtaja, Parotia helenae lawes’s parotia töpöliputtaja, Parotia lawesii western lännenfilmi, lännenelokuva western spinebill vyömesikko, More

Western Parotia, West Papua, Indonesia, Arfak Mountain July, 2006 © Kris Tindige / Papua Bird Club Papua Bird Club Western Parotia - Western Parotia, West Papua, Arfak Mountains May 2009 © Rob Hutchinson/Birdtour Asia Birdtour Asia Western Parotia - Western Parotia, West Papua, Indonesia, Arfak Mountain July 16th, 2006 © Kris Tindige / Papua Bird Club Papua Bird Club More