Blue Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) [XC26617]
by Niels Krabbe from below 'Warili Lodge', Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (call, song, (female?) calls and male display song)
Blue Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) [XC148731]
by Frank Lambert from below Warili Lodge, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (call, voices)
Subspecies
Genus name sometimes spelt Paradisea. Hybridization with Lawes's Parotia (Parotia lawesii) and Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) recorded. Proposed subspecies ampla (described from Mt Missim, in south-eastern New Guinea) synonymized with nominate.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
rudolphi (Finsch, 1885) - South-eastern New Guinea from eastern Highlands (Okapa) and Herzog Mts south-east to Owen Stanley Range.