Ribbon-tailed astrapia

The ribbon-tailed astrapia, also known as Shaw Mayer's astrapia , is a species of bird-of-paradise.

The ribbon-tailed astrapia is distributed and endemic to subalpine forests in western part of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea. Like many other ornamental birds-of-paradise, the male is polygamous. The ribbon-tailed astrapia is the most recently discovered bird-of-paradise.

Due to habitat lost and hunted for its plumes, the ribbon-tailed astrapia is listed as Near Threatened.. more