Meet the King bird-of-paradise
The king bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius) is a passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae (Bird-of-paradise) family. Males are easy to recognize due to their bright red color and two long, ornamental wire-like tail feather shafts, as well as the circular swirl of feathers, colored bright green, on the ends. Their bellies are white, and there is a green stripe across the chest.
He also has a black spot above each eye.
By comparison, the female is far less bright, with her back, head, and throat being olive-brown and her chest a variegated buff.
Photo Courtesy of Doug Janson / CC BY-SA 3.0
These birds are endemic to, and quite common throughout Papua New Guinea and ɱaпy of the country’s western satellite islands.
The King bird-of-paradise, like to live in lowland rainforests, gallery forests, along forest edges, as well as disturbed and tall secondary forests.
Being a frugivore, the King bird-of-paradise eats mainly fruits and arthropods.
According to IUCN, the King bird-of-paradise is common and widespread throughout its range but no overall population esᴛι̇ɱate is available. This species is currently classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List and its numbers today remain relatively stable.
Watch and listen to this bird right here below: