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ForestCup nestMedium · 148 g
What the Standardwing sounds like
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The standardwing bird-of-paradise is medium-sized, approximately 28 cm long, and olive brown. The male has a gloss violet-and-lilac coloured crown and emerald-green breast shield. Its most striking features are two pairs of long white plumes coming out from the bend of the wing that can be raised or lowered at the bird's will. The unadorned olive-brown female is smaller but has a longer tail than the male.
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When to see the Standardwing
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Standardwing
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Standardwing
The standardwing bird-of-paradise, also known as Wallace's standardwing or as the standardwing, is a species of bird-of-paradise. It is the only member in monotypic genus Semioptera.
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Easily confused with
Queen Carola's ParotiaParotia carolaeCarola's parotia is medium-sized, up to 26 cm long.
Vogelkop LophorinaLophorina superbaIt is a small, approximately 26 cm (about 10 inches) long, (passerine) bird.
Blue Bird-of-paradiseParadisornis rudolphiThe blue bird-of-paradise is around 30 cm (12 in) in length (excluding the long tail wires), rivaling some of the Paradisaea and Manucodia species.
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