Obi Paradise-crow (Lycocorax obiensis) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicFruit

ForestCup nestMedium · 284 g

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Obi paradise-crows are blackish overall, with a bluish-green sheen/iridescence to the feathers. The flight feathers are a light brownish, and the tail feathers have a pronounced bluish sheen to them. They have a crow-like head and bill; the bill is a cool light gray. Also, they have distinctive and beautiful, scarlet-red eyes and blackish to grayish legs and feet with sharp claws adapted for their perching lifestyles. The calls of this bird sounds reminiscent of a trumpet-like hwoot hwoot, followed by a click click.

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When to see the Obi Paradise-crow

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Where to see the Obi Paradise-crow

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Indonesia

About the Obi Paradise-crow

The Obi paradise-crow is a species of paradise-crow in the family Paradiseaidae along with the birds-of-paradise. This bird was split from its congener, the Halmahera paradise-crow (L. pyrrhopterus) in 2016. The species was first described and named by Heinrich Agathon Bernstein in 1865.

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Easily confused with

Halmahera Paradise-crowLycocorax pyrrhopterusThe Halmahera paradise-crow is a medium-sized bird-of-paradise, reaching a body length of up to 42 cm, with a dark, soft and silky plumage that may appear all black, but is in fact a very dark brown.

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