Birds of paradise (Paradisaea)

It is said that Paradise bird is a god bird, living in heaven, eating nectar, drinking dew drops. When dance music will sound fascinating. People call it with many other names such as peanut birds, Sun birds, phoenix birds, .

A type of Bird Paradise in Alaska (Photo: cas.vanderbil)

In Papua New Guinea, the South Pacific is home to birds of paradise. According to statistics, there are more than 40 varieties of Heavenly birds in the world, there are 30 varieties in Papua New Guinea. In it, the most famous is the blue paradise bird, the bird of the airless paradise and the heavenly bird of the king.

The first heavenly bird is lemon yellow, wearing beautiful feathers , especially the long, wide tail, which is even more brilliant. The most favorite is the Blue Paradise bird when calling you, often head tilted, arched back, set the yellow fur on the flank, or tr

The flag of Papua New Guinea has images of Paradise birds
(Photo: paulnoll)

waist up on the tree branch, ruffling all of her beautiful brocade fur to attract girlfriend.

Birds of Footless Sky are not without legs, just because their legs are very short ; When flying, the legs are hidden in the coat so people don't see it. The tail and wing feathers of the Airless bird are twice or three times longer than its body. People also called long-tail Paradise birds.

Bird of Heaven's King, its body is about 20cm long, smaller than many other Heavenly birds. It is very faithful, when one of your children dies, the other will die . King bird likes to live separately, not to share the same area with other Paradise birds. When the Heavenly birds move where ever the king bird flies up as a guide bird.

The Heavenly Bird is the symbol of Papua New Guinea, both the national flag and the emblem, the aviation and memorials see images of Paradise birds.

(Photo: habitat)

(Photo: arkive)