Long-tailed Paradigalla bird of Paradise...

Long-tailed Paradigalla Female

Paradigalla Carunculata:

The Long-tailed Paradigalla is a medium sized bird of paradise. The scientific name of Long-tailed Paradigalla is Paradigalla carunculata. Paradigalla is a combination of two latin words “Paradisaea and Gallus” which means jungle fowl, and Carunculata is also latin word which means small piece of flesh. One of the most simple and least known

member in the Paradisaeidae family. 

Long-tailed Paradigalla Male

Behaviour:

The Long-tailed Paradigalla is sexually monomorphic. The adult male is about 37 cm in length, and adult female is approximately 35 cm long. It is the black bird of paradise with lengthy and sharp tail. It is only adorned because of the colorful yellow, red and skyblue facial sticks near bottom of the beak. Both sexes are almost same, only female is inconsiderable dark and smaller. It is presumed that the Long-tailed Paradigalla is polygynous like Short-tailed Paradigalla. Males are uninhabited. The courtship display and breeding of Long-tailed Paradigalla is not known yet. Adult females build and attend their nests alone. They mostly hybridise with Western Parotia. Superb Bird of Paradise and Black Sicklebill.

Long-tailed Paradigalla Female in Nest

Range & Threat:

The Long-tailed Paradigalla is endemic Mid mountain forests between 1400 to 2100 meters, Arfak Mountains, possibly in Fakfak Mountains, Vogelkop and Onin Peninsula, West Papua of Indonesia. The Long-tailed Paradigalla is estimated as near threatened on the International Union for Conservation Nature Red List of Endangered Species. It is listed on Appendix II of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.