Lesser Bird of Paradise...

Male Paradisaea Minor

Paradisaea Minor:

The Lesser Bird of paradise,  is a bird of paradise belongs to the genus Paradisaea. Paradisaea Minor is a scientific name of Lesser bird of paradise, Paradisaea is a Latin word which means paradise, and minor is also a Latin word which means lesser, its common name differentiaties its smaller size with the similar but larger Greater Bird of Paradise. The Lesser Bird of paradise is an average sized, up to 32 cm in length (excluding central tail wires), dark brown with a yellow crown and brownish yellow from upperside. The adult male has a dark emerald green throat, a pair of long tail wires and is delightful with decorative flank plumes which are deep yellow at their bottom and decolorize outwards into white. The adult female has a dark brown head with and yellow  back of the neck and covering, dark brown upperparts and white underparts. It shows up probably that birds of paradise also own toxins in their skins,

reproduced from their insect prey.

Mating Rituals Paradisaea Minor

Behaviour:

The adult males are polygamous, and adult males participate traditional tree perches in lekking system. Up to 12 adult males may display in single lek tree, often with several female plumaged young males in attendance. Sovereign and older males keep hold of centre of Lek and make show of most copulations. Males shortly hold wings and throw flank  plumes over back  then jumps up and back along perch raising or lowering beak on each trip. The adult females normally lay two pinkish eggs with dark markings in a nesting a tree high above ground. Their diet consists mostly of fruits and insects.

Female Paradisaea Minor

Breeding & Habitat:

Lesser bird breeding duration is at least July to February. Adult females build and attend nests alone, possibly lay up to 12 eggs. Their nests are massive open like cups, built in tree branches. The Lesser Bird of paradise is spread out  throughout forests of northern New Guinea, and the closest islands of Misool and Yapen, Vogelkop and north of mainland eastward as far as mouth of Gogol River, upper Ramu River, and along the north west coast of Peninsula. Lesser bird also found lowland and hill forest, forest edges and nonessential growth, change to environments modified by humans (0 to 1550 meters). Widespread and collective all along its large range, the Lesser Bird is estimated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.