Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Standardwing Bird-of-paradise (Semioptera wallacii) - HBW 14, p. 484
French: Paradisier de Wallace
German: Bänderparadiesvogel
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso de Wallace
Other common names: (Wallace's) Standardwing
Taxonomy: Paradisea (Semeioptera) Wallacei [sic] G. R. Gray, 1859, Bacan, off south-west Halmahera.
Birds on Kasiruta presumed to belong to nominate race, but confirmation needed. Original spellings of genus and species names were "Semeioptera Wallacei", but these spellings have both been formally rejected by ICZN and the current spellings formally protected. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- halmaherae Salvadori, 1881 - Halmahera, in N Moluccas.
- wallacii ( G. R. Gray, 1859) - Kasiruta and Bacan, off SW Halmahera.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Standardwing bird-of-paradise, dancing and mating. During dancing around 3 females and around 10 males are near. Locality Sawai, Weda, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
wedaresort 10 October 2011 15 weeks ago 1 min 2 sec 4 -
A male courtshipdancing in the morning. Two females are watching the dance (one very briefly). Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 34 weeks ago 54 sec 3.8 -
A bird at a lek near the forest edge. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 33 weeks ago 31 sec 3.8 -
A bird preening after it's dance, congeners are calling nearby. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 33 weeks ago 27 sec 3.8 -
Two males displaying high on a treetop and giving grunting calls Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
Luc Fazio 19 August 1997 3 years ago 22 sec 3.5 -
A male dancing in a lek at dawn. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 34 weeks ago 29 sec 3.4
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Male during dance, waiting for female
Locality Sawai, Weda, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
wedaresort 10 October 2011 15 weeks ago 4.3 -
Male and female during dance
Locality Sawai, Weda, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
wedaresort 10 October 2011 15 weeks ago 3.4 -
One of at least three males at a lek.
Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 19 October 2011 8 weeks ago 3 -
Mounted male.
Locality Museum of Natural History, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Lower Silesian Province, Poland
Tomasz Doroń 27 October 2006 2 years ago 3
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