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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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 1 year ago 54 sec 4.3 -
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 1 year ago 1 min 2 sec 4.1 -
Bird calling loudly from the canopy on edge of display site Locality Weda, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
Rob Hutchinson 16 September 2012 27 weeks ago 1 min 9 sec 4 -
A bird at a lek near the forest edge. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 1 year ago 31 sec 4 -
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 1 year ago 27 sec 3.8 -
A male dancing in a lek at dawn. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 1 year ago 29 sec 3.4
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Male during dance, waiting for female
Locality Sawai, Weda, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
wedaresort 10 October 2011 1 year ago 4.5 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
Rob Hutchinson 1 July 2007 27 weeks ago 4.3 -
Male and female during dance
Locality Sawai, Weda, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp halmaherae)
wedaresort 10 October 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
One of at least three males at a lek.
Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 19 October 2011 1 year ago 3 -
Mounted male.
Locality Museum of Natural History, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Lower Silesian Province, Poland
Tomasz Doroń 27 October 2006 3 years ago 3
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Bird calling loudly from the canopy on edge of display site. Locality Weda, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
(ssp halmaherae)
Rob Hutchinson 16 September 2012 18 weeks ago 5 -
A male calling while dancing in a lek, while other males are calling nearby. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
(ssp halmaherae)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 19 weeks ago 5 -
Calls from display tree Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
(Monotypic species)
Niels Poul Dreyer 16 July 1989 16 weeks ago 0
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