Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus) - HBW 14, p. 485
French: Paradisier multifil
German: Fadenparadieshopf
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso Filamentosa
Other common names: Twelve-wired Paradise Bird
Taxonomy: Paradisea melanoleuca Daudin, 1800, "Waigiou"; error = Salawati or the Vogelkop, New Guinea.
Intergeneric hybridization with Ptiloris magnificus and Paradisaea minor recorded. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanoleucus ( Daudin, 1800) - West Papuan Is (Salawati) and W & S New Guinea from Vogelkop E in N watershed to Mamberamo R and, in S watershed, to Port Moresby area and possibly to Milne Bay.
- auripennis Schlüter, 1911 - N New Guinea from Mamberamo R to Ramu R.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in a dead tree performing the courtship display. Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp auripennis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2008 3 years ago 45 sec 4.4 -
A perched male Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 17 sec 3.8 -
A male displaying, moving down and up on a trunk Locality Elevala River, Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp melanoleuca)
Keith Barnes 12 June 2007 3 years ago 44 sec 3.7 -
A bird on top of a trunk Locality Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp melanoleuca)
Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 5 years ago 26 sec 3.5 -
Adult male then Juvenile male. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Jonathan Beilby 8 August 2008 3 years ago 54 sec 2.7
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A perched bird.
Locality Bali Bird Park, Bali (Indonesia) (ssp auripennis)
mehdhalaouate 25 February 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Adult female.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 16 October 2011 9 weeks ago 3 -
A male high in a tree.
Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp auripennis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 July 2008 2 years ago 3 -
A male perched
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Jonathan Beilby 25 August 2008 3 years ago 2.5 -
A male on a dead branch.
Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp auripennis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2008 2 years ago 2.4
- No sound recordings available yet
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