Cendrawasih, Bird of Paradise

Cendrawasih, Bird of Paradise

The Most Beautiful Birds in the World is Cendrawasih (Paradisaeidae) or Bird of Paradise an English people called. Cendrawasih is the Indonesian word for "Bird of Paradise". This bird found in Papua-Indonesia, Eastern Australia, Torres Island and New Guinea. And now, this fretty fascinating bird very suffers from illegal hunting and is on the brink of extinction. This species was described from specimens brought to Europe from trading expeditions. The Cendrawasih birds was prepared by native traders by removing the wings and legs in order can be used as garnish.

Paradiseae minor

Cendrawasih is believed by local tribes to have a mystical properties, the tribes believe that the bird is the bird of the Gods that come from heaven and because of that the bird will never set foot on the ground. Members of the tribes use Cendrawasih feathers to decorate their heads and cloths during cultural feast.






The average length of Cendrawasih bird is around 13 inches including the ornamental plum. The malaes have different shoking color of yelow, green, red and blue all over their body and tail that comes in different size and shapes.


There are aroud 43 birds of paradise species in the world, which at least 28 can be found live in the rainforest of West Papua Province-Indonesia. The image on this blog are for example picture of Cendrawasih is the bird make their nest in tree holes and branches.
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The Raggiana
The most famous species are the Raggiana, for example usually has orange tail, yellow neck and green chin. This extravagant look of beautiful feathers is properties of the males as they need it to attract females. The famales on the cotrary has dull brown feather with no colorful plumes. The dull color protects them when they are laying eggs and raising their young. The Paradiseae is mostly polygamous. For some monogamous species that mate for life, male color is as dull as the female.


Paradiseae rubra

 

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