Wahnes's parotia
(Parotia wahnesi)
Description
It measures about 43 cm long.The male has an iridescent yellow-green chest shield,elongated black feathers,three wire-shaped bristles behind each eye,bronze-copper fluff feathers at the nostrils and long feathers on its wedge-shaped tail.The female is brown and blackish head.
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Paradisaeidae
Genus:Parotia
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