Bird of Paradise

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this image was copied by screen shot from a PPS file entitled "Birds high fashion show" which I received via email, I have no idea who the photographer is so I claim no rights to this image, those rights belong to the original person who took this image



The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. The majority of species in this family are found in Papua New Guinea and its satellites, with a few species occurring in the Maluku Islands and eastern Australia. The family has forty-one species in 14 genera. The members of this family are perhaps best known for the plumage of the males of the sexually dimorphic species (the majority), in particular the highly elongated and elaborate feathers extending from the beak, wings, tail or head. For the most part they are confined to dense rainforest habitat. The diet of all species is dominated by fruit and to a lesser extent arthropods.