Why is the lesser bird-of-paradise is called so?

       These birds are so unimaginably charming that one would wonder if they were from paradise! Medium-sized birds with a length up to 32 centimetres, the males of this species have an emerald-green throat and a pair of long tail-wires. The lesser birds-of-paradise are adorned with ornamental flank plumes which are deep yellow at their base and fade outwards into white.

       These birds are abundantly found across the forests of northern New Guinea and 0- nearby islands of Misool and Yapen. The lesser birds-of-paradise do not migrate and prefer to stay where they are comfortable. They are evaluated as animals with least concern of extinction in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The bird is depicted on the flag of Papua New Guinea.

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