Bronze Parotia | Animalz

Bronze ParotiaThe Bronze Parotia is a bird of paradise whose male has a blackish body with a bronze sheen and ornamental feathers. The female is brown. The Australian Museum places the species in the Foja Mountains of West Papua.What does it look like?The adult male is blackish, with a strong bronze sheen on the nape and mantle, long feathers above the eyes, and a large white patch on each flank. The female is brown, with dark bars on the underparts.How does it live?The Bronze Parotia is a bird of paradise whose male has a blackish body with a bronze sheen and ornamental feathers. The female is brown. The Australian Museum places the species in the Foja Mountains of West Papua.In montane wet forest, a male clears a patch of forest floor for a courtship dance. Its diet is unknown; fruit is only presumed.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.