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ForestCup nestMedium · 178 g
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Large, up to 33 cm long, brown and yellow with a dark brown iris, grey legs, and yellow bill. The male has an emerald green face, a pair of elongated black corkscrew-shaped tail wires, dark green feather pompoms above each eye, and a train of glossy crimson red plumes with whitish tips at either side of the breast. The male measures up to 72 cm long, including the ornamental red plumes that require at least six years to fully attain. The female is similar but smaller in size, with a dark brown face and has no ornamental red plumes. The diet consists mainly of fruits, berries and arthropods.
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When to see the Red Bird-of-paradise
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red Bird-of-paradise
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red Bird-of-paradise
The red bird-of-paradise, also called the cendrawasih merah, is a bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea, family Paradisaeidae.
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Easily confused with
Greater Bird-of-paradiseParadisaea apodaThe greater bird-of-paradise is the largest member of the genus Paradisaea, with "the most glamorous display in the bird world".
Raggiana Bird-of-paradiseParadisaea raggianaThe Raggiana bird-of-paradise is 34 centimetres (13 in) long.
Goldie's Bird-of-paradiseParadisaea decoraGoldie's bird-of-paradise is large, approximately 33 cm long, and olive-brown.
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