Lesser bird-of-paradise

Species of bird

Lesser bird-of-paradise

Male
female

Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Paradisaeidae
Genus:  | Paradisaea
Species:  |

P. minor

Binomial name
Paradisaea minor

Shaw, 1809

The lesser bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor) is a bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea.

## Description

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The lesser bird-of-paradise is medium-sized, up to 32 cm (13 in), maroon-brown with a yellow crown and brownish-yellow upper back. The male has a dark emerald-green throat, a pair of long tail-wires and is adorned with ornamental flank plumes which are deep yellow at their base and fade outwards into white. The female is a maroon bird with a dark-brown head and whitish underparts. Further study is required,[2] but it seems likely that birds-of-paradise also possess toxins in their skins, derived from their insect prey.

It resembles the larger greater bird-of-paradise, but the male of that species has a dark chest, whereas the female is entirely brown (no whitish underparts).

## Breeding

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The males are polygamous, and perform courtship displays in leks. The female usually lays two pinkish eggs with dark markings in a nest in a tree high above ground. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and insects.

## Distribution

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The lesser bird-of-paradise is distributed throughout forests of northern New Guinea, and the nearby islands of Misool and Yapen. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the lesser bird-of-paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

## References

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1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Paradisaea minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22706245A130413448. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22706245A130413448.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ^ Venomous Animals of the World, Steve Backshall; 2007, New Holland Publishers (UK), Ltd.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paradisaea minor.

* Explore Species: Lesser bird-of-paradise at eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

* Birds of the World: Lesser bird-of-paradise

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Birds-of-paradise (family: Paradisaeidae)

Genera and species

| Genus|

Species

Lycocorax|

* Halmahera paradise-crow
* Obi paradise-crow

Manucodia|

* Glossy-mantled manucode
* Jobi manucode
* Crinkle-collared manucode
* Curl-crested manucode
* Trumpet manucode

Paradigalla|

* Long-tailed paradigalla
* Short-tailed paradigalla

Astrapia|

* Arfak astrapia
* Splendid astrapia
* Ribbon-tailed astrapia
* Stephanie's astrapia
* Huon astrapia

Parotia|

* Western parotia
* Carola's parotia
* Bronze parotia
* Lawes's parotia
* Eastern parotia
* Wahnes's parotia

Pteridophora|

* King of Saxony bird-of-paradise

Lophorina|

* Greater lophorina
* Crescent-caped lophorina
* Lesser lophorina

Ptiloris|

* Magnificent riflebird
* Growling riflebird
* Paradise riflebird
* Victoria's riflebird

Epimachus|

* Black sicklebill
* Brown sicklebill

Drepanornis|

* Black-billed sicklebill
* Pale-billed sicklebill

Cicinnurus|

* Magnificent bird-of-paradise
* Wilson's bird-of-paradise
* King bird-of-paradise

Semioptera|

* Standardwing

Seleucidis|

* Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise

Paradisaea|

* Lesser bird-of-paradise
* Greater bird-of-paradise
* Raggiana bird-of-paradise
* Goldie's bird-of-paradise
* Red bird-of-paradise
* Emperor bird-of-paradise
* Blue bird-of-paradise

Incomplete list of likely hybrid birds-of-paradise

* Astrapian sicklebill
* Barnes's astrapia
* Bensbach's bird-of-paradise
* Blood's bird-of-paradise
* Duivenbode's bird-of-paradise
* Duivenbode's riflebird
* Duivenbode's six-wired bird-of-paradise
* Elliot's bird-of-paradise
* False-lobed astrapia
* Gilliard's bird-of-paradise
* King of Holland's bird-of-paradise
* Lupton's bird-of-paradise
* Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise
* Mantou's riflebird
* Maria's bird-of-paradise
* Mysterious bird of Bobairo
* Rothschild's bird-of-paradise
* Rothschild's lobe-billed bird-of-paradise
* Ruys's bird-of-paradise
* Schodde's bird-of-paradise
* Sharpe's lobe-billed parotia
* Stresemann's bird-of-paradise
* Wilhelmina's bird-of-paradise
* Wonderful bird-of-paradise

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Taxon identifiers

Paradisaea minor|

* Wikidata: Q332621
* Wikispecies: Paradisaea minor
* ADW: Paradisaea_minor
* Avibase: A5CF883E1A2CE197
* BirdLife: 22706245
* BOW: lbopar1
* CoL: 4CTLF
* eBird: lbopar1
* GBIF: 2494859
* iNaturalist: 8182
* IRMNG: 10592282
* ITIS: 561810
* IUCN: 22706245
* NCBI: 39964
* Observation.org: 75496
* Open Tree of Life: 762101
* Species+: 8613
* Xeno-canto: Paradisaea-minor

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