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| King of Saxony |
Pteridophora Alberti:
The King
of Saxony Bird-of-heaven (Pteridophora alberti) is one of those creatures
that just take your breath away that belongs the Bird of paradise family (Paradisaeidae). This bird is the only member in the monotypic genus Pteridophora. The bird
is sometimes referred to as "Kiss-a-ba" by the natives of Papua New
Guinea and Western New Guinea, as a human interpretation of the male's loud call. The adult King of Saxony male is
approximately 22 cm long with black and yellow with a dark brown bow, brownish-grey legs, aqua-green scheme,
with two extraordinary long (up to
50 cm) cockleshell, glazing-blue
brow-quills that bird can be independently became upright at bird's ambition.
The unattractive female is greyish brown with striped bottom. The male's decorative head
