Raggiana bird of paradise

Description

The Raggiana bird-of-paradise is 34 centimetres (13 in) long.Its overall colour is a maroon-brown,with a greyish-blue bill,yellow iris and greyish-brown feet.The male has a yellow crown,dark emerald-green throat and yellow collar between the throat and its blackish upper breast feathers.It is adorned with a pair of long black tail wires and large flank plumes.The male has the long tail feather while the female does not..The female is a comparatively drab maroonish-brown bird.The ornamental flank plumes vary from red to orange in color,depending on subspecies.The nominate subspecies,P.r.raggiana,has the deepest red plumes,while the subspecies P.r.augustavictoriae of northeast New Guinea,also known as the Empress of Germany's bird of paradise,has apricot-orange plumes.