Parotias
Parotia
The parotias are a genus, Parotia, of passerine birds in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. They are found on New Guinea, to which they are endemic. They are also known as six-plumed birds of paradise, due to their six head quills. These birds were featured prominently in the BBC series Planet Earth.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Western Parotia
speciesParotia sefilata
Lawes's Parotia
speciesParotia lawesii
Carola's Parotia
speciesParotia carolae
Eastern Parotia
speciesParotia helenae
Wahnes's Parotia
speciesParotia wahnesi
Bronze Parotia
speciesParotia berlepschi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8607.