Dance of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise

Dance of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise

This short video from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology archives the stupendous plumage and mating move of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise. With a specific end goal to get the consideration of its female partner, the male Bird-of-Paradise flips its cape of dark quills into an expansive ruff that encompasses its head, while likewise fanning out a radiant purplish blue skirt of plumes from its bosom. In a paper distributed by Timothy G. Laman and Edwin Scholes, this Indonesian flying Bird was affirmed as a different animal varieties in view of its romance conduct.

Dance of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise

Dance of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise

Dance of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise

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