Birds of Paradise

Red Bird-of-Paradise display at their tree-top lek. Waigeo Island Nature Reserve, Raja Ampat Island, West Papua, Indonesia.

Red Bird-of-Paradise display at their tree-top lek. Waigeo Island Nature Reserve, Raja Ampat Island, West Papua, Indonesia.

Red Bird-of-Paradise display at their tree-top lek. Waigeo Island Nature Reserve, Raja Ampat Island, West Papua, Indonesia.

Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise male performing courtship display. Endemic species just described in 2018. Arfak Mountains Nature Reserve. West Papua Province, Indonesia.

Red Bird-of-Paradise Waigeo Island, West Papua Indonesia

Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise male calling in the forest. Endemic species just described in 2018. Arfak Mountains Nature Reserve. West Papua Province, Indonesia.

Red Bird-of-Paradise Waigeo Island, West Papua Indonesia

Western Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia sefilata). Adult male at its display court, performing ballerina dance.

Magnificent Riflebird Bird-of-Paradise (Ptiloris magnificus) male displaying to female.

Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) male displaying high in the rain forest canopy at his display site (lek).

King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) male. Detail of green central tail feathers, red body, and blue feet.

Greater Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea apoda). Adult male in static display. Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Greater Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea apoda). Adult male in static display. Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Greater Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea apoda). Adult male in static display. Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Greater Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea apoda). Adult male performing upright wing pose. Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise male performing courtship display. Endemic species just described in 2018. Arfak Mountains Nature Reserve. West Papua Province, Indonesia.

Wilson’s Bird of Paradise male at the display perch in the center of his carefully cleared court, presenting his colors to a female watching from above. (Cicinnnurus respublica)

Red Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rubra) male performing practice display at tree-top lek. Endangered Species (IUCN Red List: NT).

Red Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rubra) male performing a practice display at his display site, known as a lek, high in the canopy of the forest on Batanta Island, Indonesia. Photographed from a canopy blind. IUCN Red List: NT

Male Blue Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) in a fruiting tree. Endangered Species (IUCN Red list: VU).

Blue Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) male performing a practice courtship display.

Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) male at display perch in the swamp rain forest at Nimbokrang, Papua, Indonesia, Island of New Guinea.

Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) male displaying to a female at his display pole in the swamp rain forest at Nimbokrang, Papua, Indonesia, Island of New Guinea. He is using his unusual wire-like feathers to brush the female in the face.

Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) on his display pole.

Adult male King of Saxony Bird of Paradise (Pteridophora alberti) performing a bouncing practice display that waves his head plumes.