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Short-tailed paradigalla
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The short-tailed paradigalla (Paradigalla brevicauda) is a species of bird-of-paradise.
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Short-tailed paradigalla | |
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In Papua New Guinea | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Paradigalla |
Species: | P. brevicauda |
Binomial name | |
Paradigalla brevicauda Rothschild & Hartert, 1911 | |
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Formerly presumed to have been monogamous, it is now considered to breed polygynously.[2] It inhabits the New Guinea Highlands forests. The diet consists mainly of fruits, seeds and insects.
The short-tailed paradigalla is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1] It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.