Carola's Parotia 5146637 212407069 2008-05-14T18:32:11Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[ja:ワキジロカンザシフウチョウ]] {{Taxobox | name = Carola's Parotia | status = LC | image = Parotia carolae by Bowdler Sharpe.jpg | image_width = 225px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Paradisaeidae]] | genus = ''[[Parotia]]'' | species = '''''P. carolae''''' | binomial = ''Parotia carolae'' | binomial_authority = [[Adolf Bernard Meyer|Meyer]], 1894 }} The '''Carola's Parotia''', ''Parotia carolae'' also known as '''Queen Carola's Six-wired Bird of Paradise''' is a medium-sized, up to 26cm long, [[bird of paradise]]. The males, like all members in its genus, are mostly black and have three ornamental spatule head wires attaching behind each eye and elongated display feathers on the sides that form a [[Ballet tutu|tutu]]-like "skirt" during courtship. Unlike most other parotias, it also has white flank plumes, a gold-and-white crest, golden whiskers and eyebrow, and iridescent throat as well as breast feathers. The female is an overall brown bird barred greyish below. Carola's Parotia often includes the enigmatic [[Berlepsch's Parotia]] as a [[subspecies]], but information gained when it was rediscovery in [[2005]] hardened the case for considering it a separate species. One of the most colorful parotias, the Carola's Parotia inhabits to mid-mountain forests of central [[New Guinea]]. The diet consists mainly of fruits and [[arthropods]]. The stunning courtship dance of this species was described in detail by Scholes (2006). It is similar to that of [[Lawes's Parotia]], but modified to present the iridescent throat plumage and the flank tufts to best effort. The name commemorates [[Carola of Vasa|Queen Carola of Vasa]], the wife of [[Albert I of Saxony|King Albert I of Saxony]]. Widespread and common throughout its fairly remote range, the Carola's Parotia is evaluated as Least Concern on the [[IUCN Red List]] of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of [[CITES]]. {{bird-stub}} == References == * {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=51196|title=Parotia carolae|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern * '''Scholes''', Edwin III (2006): Courtship Ethology of Carola's Parotia (''Parotia carolae''). ''[[Auk (journal)|Auk]]'' '''123'''(4): 967–990. [Article in English with Spanish abstract] [[Digital Object Identifier|DOI]]: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[967:CEOCPP]2.0.CO;2 [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1642%2F0004-8038%282006%29123%5B967%3ACEOCPP%5D2.0.CO%3B2 HTML abstract] == External links == * [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=5822&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet] * [[Cornell Lab of Ornithology]]: [http://www.animalbehaviorarchive.org/loginPublic.do Carola's Parotia courtship dance videos]. (Do "Advanced Search" for common name ''Carola's Parotia''. Requires [[QuickTime]] 7) [[Category:Birds of Southeast Asia]] [[Category:Birds of New Guinea]] [[Category:Birds of Indonesia]] [[Category:Birds of Papua New Guinea]] [[Category:Parotia]] [[fr:Parotia carolae]] [[lt:Karalienės Karolinos parotija]] [[ja:ワキジロカンザシフウチョウ]]