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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Black Sicklebill	Raggiana Bird-of-paradise
الاسم العلمي	Epimachus fastosus	Paradisaea raggiana
الرتبة	Passeriformes	Passeriformes
الفصيلة	Paradisaeidae	Paradisaeidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Least Concern
الطول	—	34,0 cm (13.4 in)
طول الجناح	37,8 cm (14.9 in)	45,0 cm (17.7 in)
الوزن	245,75 g (8.67 oz)	260,0 g (9.17 oz)
النظام الغذائي	--	Fruit, seeds, arthropods, and small vertebrates. Males display at communal lek sites to attract females.
عدد البيض في الوضع	--	1-2
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Black Sicklebill —

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 34,0 cm

طول الجناح

Black Sicklebill 37,8 cm

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 45,0 cm

الوزن

Black Sicklebill 245,75 g

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 260,0 g

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌲 Forest

Black Sicklebill only

بلا

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise only

بلا

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

Tropical rainforest and forest edge from lowlands to mid-montane elevations in New Guinea.

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Song & Call Comparison

Black Sicklebill

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

الغناء

Males emit harsh, buzzy 'kraaak' calls and explosive wailing during display. Females give softer 'waak' contact calls. Display calls are loud and chaotic at leks.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Black Sicklebill

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

Southern and eastern New Guinea. Endemic to Papua New Guinea.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Black Sicklebill

Least Concern

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black Sicklebill

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

الريش

Males have a yellow crown, emerald-green throat, and spectacular cascading orange-red flank plumes. Females are brown with rufous underparts.

المنقار

Stout, slightly curved, blue-grey bill

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About These Birds

Black Sicklebill

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

The raggiana bird-of-paradise is the national bird of Papua New Guinea, featured on the national flag and coat of arms. Males gather at traditional display trees to perform elaborate courtship dances, hanging upside down and shaking their spectacular flank plumes. Alfred Russel Wallace first described the species in 1873.

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