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The Splendid Astrapia, Astrapia splendidissima is a medium-sized, up to 39cm long, black bird of paradise with an iridescent yellow green mantle, blue green throat, dark green below and short, broad and black-tipped white tail feathers. The female has a brown plumage and dark head.
This little known Astrapia is distributed to the mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits, insects, lizard and frogs.
Widespread and common species throughout its range, the Splendid Astrapia is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
Splendid Astrapia
| | Name | Splendid Astrapia | | Status | LC | | Regnum | Animalia | | Phylum | Chordate | | Classis | Bird | | Ordo | Passeriformes | | Familia | Paradisaeidae | | Genus | Astrapia | | Species | A. splendidissima | | Binomial | Astrapia splendidissima | | Binomial Authority | Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild |
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