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 LC    King-of-Saxony Bird-of-paradise* Id (Atlas):
    Pteridophora alberti

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise, King-of-Saxony Bird-of-paradise, Enamelled Bird-of-paradise, The Enamelled Bird

Family
Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
Meyer, 1894

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (B).

Central Cordillera of New Guinea from Weyland Mts east, discontinuously (including Snow Mts, Star Mts, Victor Emanuel Range, Mt Bosavi, Mt Hagen, Mt Giluwe, Ambua Range, Kubor Range, Schrader Mts and Bismarck Range), to Kratke Range.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly fruits, berries and arthropods.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

 
King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti) [XC23173]
     by Niels Krabbe from Yabohema, Baliem Valley, Papua, Indonesia (song)

 
(Pteridophora alberti) [XC38109]
     by Marc Anderson from near Kumul Lodge, Enga province, Papua New Guinea (call, male display call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Birds from Schraderberg (in Sepik Mts) described as subspecies buergersi and birds from southern slope of Mt Hagen as hallstromi, but both considered inadequately differentiated from those in rest of species' range.


References
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Files:
JPG files for King-of-Saxony Bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti) - 10 files


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