Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Lesser Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor) - HBW 14, p. 487
French: Paradisier petit-émeraude
German: Kleiner Paradiesvogel
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso Esmeralda Chica
Other common names: Little Emerald Bird-of-paradise
Taxonomy: Paradisea minor Shaw, 1809, Dorey, Vogelkop, New Guinea.
Genus name sometimes spelt Paradisea (see page 46). Has been suggested to form a superspecies with P. apoda, P. raggiana, P. decora and P. rubra. Hybridization with P. raggiana and P. guilielmi and also, intergenerically, with Ptiloris magnificus, Cicinnurus magnificus and Seleucidis melanoleucus recorded. Proposed race pulchra (described from Misool, in West Papuan Is) synonymized with nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- minor Shaw, 1809 - West Papuan Is (Misool) and W New Guinea E in N watershed to West Papua-Papua New Guinea border and, in S watershed, to Etna Bay.
- jobiensis Rothschild, 1897 - Yapen I, in Geelvink Bay (NW New Guinea).
- finschi A. B. Meyer, 1885 - N New Guinea from just E of border E to Gogol and upper Ramu R.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Up to 4 males and several females at a display tree near Kumul Lodge. Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp finschi)
Keith Blomerley 21 August 2008 3 years ago 39 sec 4.7 -
A male calling Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 3 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A male calling from a tree near Kumul Lodge. Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp finschi)
Keith Blomerley 21 August 2008 3 years ago 31 sec 4 -
Male in full display Locality Keki Lodge, Madang, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp finschi)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 15 July 2008 3 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A female perched on several branches Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 3.9 -
Several males in breeding plumage displaying and dancing in a lekking tree. Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2008 3 years ago 1 min 4 sec 3.8
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A perched adult male.
Locality Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp minor)
mehdhalaouate 13 April 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
A close-up of a male.
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 15 October 2009 1 year ago 3.3 -
Male in a tree
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Jonathan Beilby 1 January 2008 2 years ago 0
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Several males calling from the canopy of a lekking tree. Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
(ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
calling quiretly Locality Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp finschi)
dreyernp 28 July 1990 1 year ago 4 -
Five lekking males, although calling from just 2 dominant birds Locality Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp finschi)
Keith Blomerley 21 August 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A male calling from a perch prior to the main lek starting Locality Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp finschi)
Keith Blomerley 21 August 2008 2 years ago 4 -
Constant calls Locality San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 18 March 2010 30 weeks ago 3
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