Superb Bird-of-Paradise
Lophorina superba
Where is it found?
Tropical forest
Diet and foraging method
Key adaptations
Males possess an iridescent green-blue breast shield used to attract and impress females.
Social organisation and mating system
Solitary
Males form leks where they dance to impress females
Did you know that...?
Superb Birds-of-paradise can click! During their elaborate courtship routines, they click their feathers together to impress females.
Taxonomy
Picture credit:
Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
Photo: "Superb Bird of Paradise" by Natasha Baucas. - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdnatasha/4514108926/in/photolist-7STZjf-ouVdHT-qvrmPb-qvGLFj-An5vx-qe5Wii-qvkceF-qtd22h-smgwsh-qedxWG-qvKmot-qvmZ3H-qtdMKL-qtwwxq-qzmaZH-qvB2tr-5qFbYa-nA8hnm-4Mixth-4Menwz-4Mixrd-9TRsCZ-7hW45S. License: Creation commons attribution-sharealive 2.0 generic (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)
Drawing: "Lophorina superba bis by Bowdler Sharpe" by Richard Bowdler Sharpe - http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/bowdler.sharpe/. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lophorina_superba_bis_by_Bowdler_Sharpe.jpg#/media/File:Lophorina_superba_bis_by_Bowdler_Sharpe.jpg
Photo: "Superb Bird of Paradise" by Natasha Baucas. - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdnatasha/4514108926/in/photolist-7STZjf-ouVdHT-qvrmPb-qvGLFj-An5vx-qe5Wii-qvkceF-qtd22h-smgwsh-qedxWG-qvKmot-qvmZ3H-qtdMKL-qtwwxq-qzmaZH-qvB2tr-5qFbYa-nA8hnm-4Mixth-4Menwz-4Mixrd-9TRsCZ-7hW45S. License: Creation commons attribution-sharealive 2.0 generic (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)
Drawing: "Lophorina superba bis by Bowdler Sharpe" by Richard Bowdler Sharpe - http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/bowdler.sharpe/. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lophorina_superba_bis_by_Bowdler_Sharpe.jpg#/media/File:Lophorina_superba_bis_by_Bowdler_Sharpe.jpg