Parotia
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UtherSRG
33145
lower case since this isn't a species
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Parotia''
| image = Parotia lawesii by Bowdler Sharpe.jpg
| image_width = 220px
| image_caption = [[Lawes's Parotia]], ''Parotia lawesii''<br/>Male above, female below
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Paradisaeidae]]
| genus = '''''Parotia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], [[1816]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
* ''[[Parotia berlepschi]]''
* ''[[Parotia carolae]]''
* ''[[Parotia helenae]]''
* ''[[Parotia lawesii]]''
* ''[[Parotia sefilata]]''
* ''[[Parotia wahnesi]]''
}}
The [[genus]] '''''Parotia''''' are birds of paradise ([[family (biology)|family]] [[Paradisaeidae]]). They are found on [[New Guinea]], to which they are [[endemic (biology)|endemic]]. They are also known as '''six-plumed birds of paradise''', due to their six head quills.
The males of the genus are characterized by an ornamental plumage consisting of six-wired head plumes with black [[Oval (geometry)|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. During courtship, they perform [[hula]]-like dances on a patch of forest floor they have meticulously cleaned of dead leaves and other debris.
The males are [[polygamous]] and do not take part in breeding or raising the young. [[Clutch (eggs)|Clutch]] size is somewhat uncertain; it is probably usually one egg, but on occasion 2, possibly even 3 may be laid (Mackay 1990).
==Species==
* [[Western Parotia]], ''Parotia sefilata''
* [[Carola's Parotia]], ''Parotia carolae''
** [[Berlepsch's Parotia]], ''Parotia (carolae) berlepschi''
* [[Lawes's Parotia]], ''Parotia lawesii''
* [[Eastern Parotia]], ''Parotia helenae''
* [[Wahnes's Parotia]], ''Parotia wahnesi''
==References==
* {{aut|Mackay, Margaret D.}} (1990): The Egg of Wahnes' Parotia ''Parotia wahnesi'' (Paradisaeidae). ''[[Emu (journal)|Emu]]'' '''90'''(4): 269. [http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MU9900269.pdf PDF fulltext]
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