Goldie's bird-of-paradise

Goldie's bird-of-paradise
Illustration of male (above) and female (below)
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Genus:	Paradisaea
Species:	P. decora
Binomial name
Paradisaea decora Salvin & Godman, 1883

Goldie's bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea decora) is a species of bird-of-paradise.

The Goldie's bird-of-paradise is native and unique to Papua New Guinea, and is distributed in the hill forests of Fergusson and Normanby Island of the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, eastern Papuan Islands. The diet of the Goldie's bird-of-paradise consists mainly of fruits.

The name commemorates the Scottish collector Andrew Goldie, who discovered the bird in 1882.

Due to ongoing habitat loss, limited range, and over-hunting in some areas, the Goldie's bird-of-paradise said to be Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

Goldie's bird-of-paradise is large, about 33 cm long, and olive-brown in colour. The male has a yellow and dark green plumage with a lavender grey breast, yellow iris and grey colored bill, mouth and feet. It is adorned with large crimson decorative flank plumes and two long tail wires. The male is distinguished from other Paradisaea species by its lavender grey breast plumage. Unadorned females have an olive-brown plumage with cinnamon-brown below.

• BirdLife Species Factsheet
• Goldie's bird-of-paradise – Australian Museum