ELONGATED BLACK FILAMENT FLANK PLUMES AND AN IRIDESCENT BLUE-GREEN CROWN COMBINE WITH A MAGNIFICENT METALLIC TRIANGLE-SHAPED BREAST SHIELD.
Known for their spectacular mating dance while wearing an iridescent blue-green crown and metallic blue chest, this bird could quite possibly be the most flamboyant member of his species.
MEET THE MAGNIFICENT RIFLEBIRD
The Magnificent riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus), is a species of passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. Up to 34 cm long, the male is a velvet-black bird of paradise with elongated black filament flank plumes and an iridescent blue-green crown along with a magnificent metallic triangle-shaped breast shield. This bird’s central tail feathers are a similar shade of blue. The bill is curved and jet black, the mouth is yellow, the feet black, and the iris a dark brown.
The female is a brownish color with dark spots and buff bars below, finished off with a white brow.
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–A bird sporting a flame-orange throat that somehow seems to glow, even in the worst kind of weather.
The juvenile male resembles the male, however having fewer tail plumes.
The Magnificent Riflebird is found throughout lowland rainforests of New Guinea, and in Northeastern Australia, in the Cape York area.
