Long-tailed Paradigalla (Paradigalla carunculata)

Other Names (World)
Long-tailed Paradigalla, Wattled Bird-of-paradise

Family
Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise)

Size
Male: 37 cm
Female: 35 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lesson, 1835

Habitat
Montane forest and forest edge. From 1,400 - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B).

Vogelkop (Arfak Mts), and apparently also Onin Peninsula (Fakfak Mts), in north-western New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Forest loss is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Long-tailed Paradigalla (Paradigalla carunculata) [XC377752]
by Frank Lambert from Arfak Mountain Trek, near Mokwan Village, West Papua >1800m (approx), Indonesia (alarm call)

Long-tailed Paradigalla (Paradigalla carunculata) [XC603976]
by id from Arfak Mountain Trek, near Mokwan Village, Irian Jaya Barat, Papua, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Short-tailed Paradigalla (Paradigalla brevicauda), and was in the past sometimes considered conspecific. Intergeneric hybridization with Western Parotia (Parotia sefilata), Superb Bird-of-paradise (Lophorina superba) and Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastosus) documented.

References
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