Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise
Seleucidis melanoleucus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The twelve-wired bird-of-paradise is a medium-sized, approximately 33 cm (13 in) long, velvet black and yellow bird-of-paradise. The male has a red iris, long black bill and rich yellow plumes along his flanks. From the rear of these plumes emerge twelve blackish, wire-like filaments, which bend back near their bases to sweep forward over the bird's hindquarters. The female is a brown bird with black-barred buff underparts. Their feet are strong, large-clawed and pink.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paradisaeidae
- Genus
- Seleucidis