Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Long-tailed Paradigalla (Paradigalla carunculata) - HBW 14, p. 464
French: Paradisier caronculé
German: Langschwanzparadigalla
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso Carunculada
Other common names: Wattled Bird-of-paradise
Taxonomy: Paradigalla carunculata Lesson, 1835, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with P. brevicauda, and was in the past sometimes considered conspecific. Intergeneric hybridization with Parotia sefilata, Lophorina superba and Epimachus fastosus documented. Monotypic.
Distribution: Vogelkop (Arfak Mts), and apparently also Onin Peninsula (Fakfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
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This photo was taken in January 2005, the bird is sitting on nest (something that has not been described before).
Locality Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
mehdhalaouate 12 January 2005 4 years ago 3.3 -
LT Paradigala
Locality Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
Filip Verbelen 1 August 2008 44 weeks ago 2.5
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