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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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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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Vogelkop LophorinaLophorina superbaIt is a small, approximately 26 cm (about 10 inches) long, (passerine) bird.
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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