BIRD OF PARADISE | RESEARCH QUESTION |
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General Information:
SCIENTIFIC NAME: | TYPE: | DIET: | GROUP | LIFESPAN | SIZE(metric) |
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Parotia Sefilata | Bird | The feeding habits of birds of paradise are not well known, but it is believed that most species are fruit eaters. Most birds of paradise eat insects; they have been observed tearing apart dead wood to get to insects. Some species have been seen eating seeds, frogs and reptiles | The parotias are a genus, Parotia, of passerine birds in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeida | 5 - 8 years | 50g - 430g (1.8oz - 15.2oz) |
Habitat
- Where do they live
- In papua new guinea
- What is their environment like
- They live in a rain forest
- how are they affected by climate change
- They are effected by climate change because their environment is being destroyed
Diet
- feeding habits of birds of paradise are not well known
- most species are fruit eaters
- most birds of paradise eat insects
- sometimes tear apart dead wood to get to insects
- have been seen eating seeds, frogs and reptiles
How many are their? Are they endangered?
- There are more than three dozen species in the family Paradisaeiae, more commonly known as the birds of paradise. Most are distinguished by striking colors and bright plumage of yellow, blue, scarlet, and green.
- they are endangered
Life span
- 5 – 8 years
Natural selection/Survival of the fittest
The birds of paradise have a very interesting mating ritual like how there are no bland birds because natural selection have made it so that the females would choose the better looking ones. Also in one of the videos at the bottom it shows a male bird cleaning up its nest/”stage” so that when the female came the male would look tidy. Also another adaptation is how the male changed its eye color and how the bird knew how to show her the cool under feathers which had incidents.
Adaptations:
SOURCES:
The ‘Black Hole’ Optical Illusion of the Bird of Paradise Explained
https://www.livescience.com/61406-black-hole-bird-of-paradise.html
Bird Of Paradise: Appearances COUNT! | Animal Attraction | BBC Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTmHtxJpEWE&feature=emb_logo
Bird of Paradise
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/bird-paradise
Birds of Paradise Participate in Extremely Intricate Mating Ritual
https://roaring.earth/birds-of-paradise-ritual/
Birds-of-Paradise Project: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org/