Parotia 5146849 210036416 2008-05-04T03:48:31Z 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] [[Category:Parotia|*]] [[Category:Genera of birds]] [[de:Strahlenparadiesvögel]] [[es:Parotia]] [[fr:Parotia]] [[id:Parotia]] [[lt:Šešiaplunksniai rojaus paukščiai]]