Splendid astrapia

The splendid astrapia (Astrapia splendidissima) is a bird-of-paradise about 39 cm long. The male is black with an iridescent yellow-green mantle (cloak). It has a blue-green throat, dark green below. The tail feathers are short, broad and white with black tips. The female has a brown plumage and dark head.

Splendid Astrapia
Conservation status
File:Status iucn3.1 LC.svg Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Genus:	Astrapia
Species:	A. splendidissima
Binomial name
Astrapia splendidissima Rothschild, 1895

Little is known about this bird. It lives in the mountain forests of the west central highlands of New Guinea. Its diet is fruit, insects, lizards and frogs.

Splendid Astrapia Media

• Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.140752 1 - Astrapia splendidissima splendidissima Rothschild, 1895 - Paradisaeidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg

  Specimen of a male A. s. splendidissima from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Note the shiny iridescent bluish-green chin and throat.

• Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.140772 2 - Astrapia splendidissima splendidissima Rothschild, 1895 - Paradisaeidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg

  Female A. s. splendidissima specimen. As mentioned in the text, note how drastically different the plumage of the female is from the males'.

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  XC204021-Splendid-Astrapia-Astrapia-splendidissima

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  Courtship Song of the Male Splendid Astrapia

• Male ribbon-tailed astrapia has a longer white tail

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  Arfak Astrapia (Astrapia nigra)