Paradise Found: Birds of Paradise

Male Blue Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) in a fruiting tree. Endangered Species (IUCN Red list: VU).
Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) male at display perch in the swamp rain forest at Nimbokrang, Papua, Indonesia, Island of New Guinea.
Huon Astrapia (Astrapia rothschildi) adult male at a fruiting Shefflera tree.
Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) male shaking his plumes and creating an exlosion of feathers – high in the rain forest canopy at his display site (lek).
King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) male.
Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca)
Magnificent Riflebird Bird-of-Paradise (Ptiloris magnificus) male displaying to female.
Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.
Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica) adult male on the main display pole in the center of his court.
Emperor Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea guillermi) hanging upsidedown in a tree. Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea
Wahnes’s Parotia Bird-of-Paradise (Parotia wahnesi) male at his display court.
Paradise Crow (Lycocorax pyrrhopterus) perch in a tree in a rain forest clearing on Halmahera.
Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male at his display site in the rain forest canopy, Halmahera, Indonesia. This species was discovered by and named after Alfred Russel Wallace.
Victoria’s Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) Bird of Paradise. Male on display perch trying to lure a female to come down with his spread wings display.
Magnificent Riflebird Bird of Paradise (Ptiloris magnificus) male calling from his display vine.
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.
Arfak Astrapia (Astrapia nigra) male
Splendid Astrapia (Astrapia splendidissima) male perched on the stem of an Schefflera plant. At 3400 m elevation in the Jayawijaya Mts., New Guinea.
Pale-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis bruijnii) male
Long-tailed Paradigalla (Paradigalla carunculata) female at nest.
Greater Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea apoda). Adult male performing upright wing pose. Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.
Wilson’s Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica) Adult male at his display court
Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus) Adult male feeding at fruiting Dysoxylum tree.
Short-tailed Paradigalla (Paradigalla brevicauda)
King of Saxony Bird of Paradise (Pteridophora alberti) Adult male performing display on vines in the forest interior.
Raggiana Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) Adult male at his display site: performing display Kiburu Forest, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) Adult male in flight in the montane rain forest near Tomba Pass, Papua New Guinea.
Trumpet Manucode (Manucodia keraudrenii)
Crinkle-collared Manucode (Manucodia chalybata) in fruiting fig tree (Ficus sp.) with an Ornate Fruit dove in the background.
Jobi Manucode (Manucodia jobiensis) foraging for figs at a climbing (liana) species of Ficus.
Brown Sicklebill Bird of Paradise (Epimachus meyeri) adult male at calling perch in the canopy
Stephanie’s Astrapia Bird-of-Paradise (Astrapia stephaniae) adult male feeding at fruits of Shefflera plant.
A Superb Bird-of-Paradise (Lophorina superba) adult male calling.
Goldie’s Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea decora) males displaying at lek.
Curl-crested Manucode (Manucodia comrii) at nest. This species is one of the most primitive birds of paradise, similar to a crow-like ancestral form. Males and femalese look alike.
Red Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rubra) male performing practice display at a tree-top display site called a lek. This perch was 50 meters above the ground.
Western Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia sefilata) male performing “ballerina dance” display for a female.
Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male displaying his green breast shield to a female above from his display perch in the middle of his cleared court.
Crinkle-collared Manucode Bird of Paradise perched on a broken tree in the swamp forest along the Karawari River.
Male Carola’s Parotia at his display court. Doing the “ballerina” display.
Male black-billed Sicklebill performing practice display on a tree trunk. He is spreading breast feathers into a shield which would be presented to a female perched above. These may be the first images of this bird displaying in the wild.
Lawes’ Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia lawesii) male foraging.
Foja Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia berlepschi) male.
Black Sicklebill Bird of Paradise (Epimachus fastuosus) male at his display perch.
Photographer Tim Laman shooting King Bird of Paradise from a canopy platform in lowland rain forest.
Bird of Paradise researcher Edwin Scholes crosses the river on a pole and vine bridge at dusk after a day in the field observing Birds of Paradise.