Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Blue Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) - HBW 14, p. 491
French: Paradisier bleu
German: Blauparadiesvogel
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso Azul
Other common names: Prince Rudolph's/Archduke Rudolph's Blue Bird-of-paradise
Taxonomy: Paradisornis Rudolphi Finsch and A. B. Meyer, 1885, Hufeisengebirge [Horseshoe Mountains = Mount Maguli], south-eastern New Guinea.
Genus name sometimes spelt Paradisea (see page 46). Hybridization with P. lawesii and P. raggiana recorded. Proposed race ampla (described from Mt Missim, in SE New Guinea) synonymized with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- margaritae Mayr & Gilliard, 1951 - EC New Guinea (Tari area, Enga Highlands, Sepik-Wahgi Divide, Kubor Range, Mt Giluwe, Mt Hagen, Mt Karimui, Bismarck Range).
- rudolphi ( Finsch & A. B. Meyer, 1885) - SE New Guinea from Eastern Highlands (Okapa) and Herzog Mts SE to Owen Stanley Range.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A male calling on the top of a tree Locality Tari Gap, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp margaritae)
Keith Barnes 31 May 2007 5 years ago 17 sec 4.2 -
A distant female moving around in a tree near Kumul Lodge. Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp margaritae)
Keith Blomerley 20 August 2008 4 years ago 26 sec 2.8 -
A distant male feeding Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp margaritae)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 5 years ago 17 sec 2.5 -
A male preening in a distant tree near Kumul Lodge. Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp margaritae)
Keith Blomerley 20 August 2008 4 years ago 24 sec 2
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Dorsal view of a male perched on a branch.
Locality Tari Gap, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp margaritae)
Alain Compost 37 weeks ago 4.7 -
A male displaying in EC New Guinea.
Locality New Guinea (ssp margaritae)
Brian J. Coates 37 weeks ago 4.5 -
A perched male Blue BOP at Benson's Farm, near Ambua Lodge
Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Christian Boix Hinzen 29 June 2007 3 years ago 3.5 -
A stunning adult male perched and calling intermittently at Benson's Farm near Ambua Lodge
Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Christian Boix Hinzen 29 June 2007 3 years ago 3
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