The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
A John Berry quotation
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This bird, Cicinnurus respublica, is a small, up to 21cm long or less, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is a red and black bird with a yellow mantle on its neck, light green mouth, rich blue feet and two curved violet tail feathers. The head is naked blue with black double cross pattern on it. The female is a brownish bird with bare blue crown.
An Indonesian endemic, this bird is distributed to the hill and lowland rainforests of Waigeo and Batanta Islands off West Papua. The diet consists mainly of fruits and small insects.
Due to ongoing habitat loss, limited range and exploitation, this bird is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
By John Berry
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