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Birds-of-paradise range in size from the king bird-of-paradise at 50 g (1.8 oz) and 15 cm (5.9 in) to the curl-crested manucode at 44 cm (17 in) and 430 g (15 oz). The male black sicklebill , with its long tail, is the longest species at 110 cm (43 in).
Lawes's parotia (Parotia lawesii), is a medium-sized (up to 27 cm long) passerine of the bird-of-paradise family, Paradisaeidae.It is distributed and endemic to mountain forests of southeast and eastern Papua New Guinea.
It is a small, approximately 26 cm (about 10 inches) long, passerine bird. The greater lophorina is a dimorphic species. [12] The male is black with an iridescent green crown, blue-green breast cover, and a long velvety black erectile cape covering his back. The female is a reddish-brown bird with brownish-barred buff below.
Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ultraviolet (UV) light, a new study found.
The bronze parotia (Parotia berlepschi), also known as the Foja parotia, Berlepsch's parotia or Berlepsch's six-wired bird-of-paradise, is a species of bird-of-paradise, in the family Paradisaeidae. It resembles and is often considered to be a subspecies of Carola's parotia , but a high majority of authorities support its specific status.
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Manucodes are birds-of-paradise in the genus Manucodia that are medium-sized with black-glossed purple and green plumages. The members of this genus are distributed in the lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands. They are monogamous and sexually monomorphic, [2] in contrast to most birds-of-paradise.
Within two days of his graduation show Saunders was commissioned to design prints for Alexander McQueen [5] and produced a bird-of-paradise print for McQueen's 2003 collection. [12] Saunders was also enlisted as a consultant for fashion houses Chloé , and Pucci under the direction of Christian Lacroix .