Red bird-of-paradise

(Paradisaea rubra)

Description

Measure 30-33 cm in length,for a weight of 115-224 g : the males,at the same age,are bigger and more robust than the females,also thanks to the long feathers of hips and tail,long approximately as much as the body and thanks to which they exceed 70 cm of overall length

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Paradisaeidae
Genus:Paradisaea
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