Greater bird-of-paradise

The greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) is a medium-sized paradisaeid; males measure about 43 cm excluding the elongated central tail wires, females about 35 cm and 170 g. Males are maroon-brown with a yellow crown and nape, green throat and large yellow-and-white flank plumes. It is confined to lowland and hill forest of the Aru Islands and south-western New Guinea, to about 950 m. Fruit and arthropods are eaten, and seeds are dispersed. Males display at leks, up to twelve in one tree, while females alone incubate for 16–17 days. The IUCN lists it Least Concern.