They are also known as six-plumed birds of paradise, due to their six head quills. Scientific name. Another bird, presumably a female, is heard flying in off-camera. The Western parotia or Arfak parotia (Parotia sefilata), is a species of medium-sized, approximately 33 cm long, bird-of-paradise with a medium-length tail. manokwaripapua.blogspot.com This video is unavailable. Male, 27 cm, female, 25 cm. The genus Parotia are birds of paradise (family Paradisaeidae). Watch Queue Queue 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Behavior 4 Conservation Status Like other birds-of-paradise, the western parotia is sexually dimorphic. Parotia lawesii. Sexually dimorphic. Like most birds of paradise, male Lawes's parotia are polygamous. Watch Queue Queue. Includes facts, pictures and articles. They are found on New Guinea, to which they are endemic. Description. Courtship dance of Western Parotia recorded by Charles Roring from Arfak mountains of West Papua. The male begins his ballerina dance. The clutch contains 1, maybe occasionally 2 eggs; the few eggs that have been studied were about 33 x 24 mm in size, but these were possibly small specimens. Distribution / Range . Related to witch-hazel, the oblong green leaves turn various shades of red, orange and yellow in the fall, often persisting into the winter months. He bows, then spreads his feathers into what looks like a skirt, and shakes his head back and forth. The species is similar to the western parotia (Parotia sefilata). The mature bark exfoliates to patches of green, tan and white. Etymology. [A male Western Parotia bird-of-paradise flies in and lands in the middle of his court, a cleared area on the forest floor. Lawes’ Parotia. It eats mainly fruit, seeds and arthropods. The males of the genus are characterized by an ornamental plumage consisting of six-wired head plumes with black oval-shaped tips, a neck collar of black, decomposed feathers which can be spread into a skirt-like shape, and bright or iridescent head and throat markings. Information about the classification of the Genus Parotia. He makes some noises and looks around. Persian parrotia or Persian ironwood is a small upright tree or large, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub. Description. Parotia (Greek, curl of hair by the ear, alluding to plumes on head); lawesii (named for Reverend WG Lawes, British missionary and possible collector).