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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Raggiana Bird-of-paradise	Standardwing Bird-of-paradise
الاسم العلمي	Paradisaea raggiana	Semioptera wallacii
الرتبة	Passeriformes	Passeriformes
الفصيلة	Paradisaeidae	Paradisaeidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Least Concern
الطول	34,0 cm (13.4 in)	—
طول الجناح	45,0 cm (17.7 in)	30,3 cm (11.9 in)
الوزن	260,0 g (9.17 oz)	148,75 g (5.25 oz)
النظام الغذائي	Fruit, seeds, arthropods, and small vertebrates. Males display at communal lek sites to attract females.	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	1-2	1
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 34,0 cm

Standardwing Bird-of-paradise —

طول الجناح

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 45,0 cm

Standardwing Bird-of-paradise 30,3 cm

الوزن

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 260,0 g

Standardwing Bird-of-paradise 148,75 g

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌲 Forest

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise only

بلا

Standardwing 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

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.

Standardwing Bird-of-paradise

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Geographic Range & Migration

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

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

Standardwing Bird-of-paradise

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

Least Concern

Standardwing Bird-of-paradise

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How to Tell Them Apart

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

Standardwing Bird-of-paradise

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About These Birds

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.

Standardwing Bird-of-paradise

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