Image: Lawes' Parotia chest plumage
Detail of the breast shield feathers of the male Lawes' Parotia
- Photographer:
- Carl Bento
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Lawes' Parotia
- Scientific name:
- Parotia lawesii
- Family:
- Paradisaeidae
- Order:
- Passeriformes
Additional information
By rapidly flicking his breast shield up and outwards during courtship displays, the male Lawes's Parotia shows off the highly iridescent qualities of the feathers.
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