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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ	Pale-billed Sicklebill	Raggiana Bird-of-paradise
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์	Drepanornis bruijnii	Paradisaea raggiana
อันดับ	Passeriformes	Passeriformes
วงศ์ตระกูล	Paradisaeidae	Paradisaeidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์	Least Concern	Least Concern
ความยาว	—	34.0 cm (13.4 in)
กว้างปีก	31.4 cm (12.4 in)	45.0 cm (17.7 in)
น้ำหนัก	168.75 g (5.95 oz)	260.0 g (9.17 oz)
อาหาร	--	Fruit, seeds, arthropods, and small vertebrates. Males display at communal lek sites to attract females.
จำนวนไข่	--	1-2
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Pale-billed Sicklebill —

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 34.0 cm

กว้างปีก

Pale-billed Sicklebill 31.4 cm

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 45.0 cm

น้ำหนัก

Pale-billed Sicklebill 168.75 g

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 260.0 g

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Habitat Comparison

ถิ่นที่อยู่อาศัยร่วมกัน

🌲 Forest

Pale-billed Sicklebill only

🏖️ Coastal

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise only

ไม่มี

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

Pale-billed Sicklebill

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

เสียงร้อง

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

Pale-billed Sicklebill

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

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

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Pale-billed Sicklebill

Least Concern

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

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How to Tell Them Apart

Pale-billed Sicklebill

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

ขนนก

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

ปาก

Stout, slightly curved, blue-grey bill

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About These Birds

Pale-billed 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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