Smooth dance moves confirm new bird-of-paradise species

Rare video highlights unique behavior and sounds

Date:  April 17, 2018

Source:  Cornell University

Newly publicized audiovisuals support full species status for one of the dancing birds-of-paradise in New Guinea. This new species, called the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise, is found only in the island's far-western Bird's Head, or Vogelkop, region. In a new paper published in the journal PeerJ, scientists "show and tell" half-a-dozen ways this form is distinct from the more widespread Superb Bird-of-Paradise, now called the Greater Superb Bird-of-Paradise -- the bird known for its bouncy "smiley face" dance routine.

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