This bird measures between 25 and 26 cm, with males reaching 26 cm and females 25 cm. For a bird of paradise, it is small but ...

Birds of paradise are found in New Guinea and surrounding islands. The manucodes and riflebirds species also dwell in Australia. Birds of paradise are so attractive that their appearance once made ...

Reviewed Work: A Collection of Birds from Southwestern New Guinea (Merauke Coast and Inland) by Outram Bangs, James L. Peters Review by: W. S.

In Papua New Guinea, cassowaries are not a protected species and locals will roast and eat the birds if they catch them. The cassowaries there are the smaller dwarf species. Rowles suggests that ...