Raggiana bird-of-paradise

As requested by Count Luigi Maria D'Albertis, the epithet raggiana commemorates the Marquis Francesco Raggi of Genoa.

[2] "The Kumuls" ("birds-of-paradise" in Tok Pisin) is also the nickname of the country's national rugby league team.

Within the lek there is a group of tall slender trees on which males compete for prominent perches and defend them from rivals.

[4] The nest is a bowl-shaped structure composed of leaves and leaf pieces, stems, ferns and other plant fibres.

[5] Widespread and common throughout the tropical forests of eastern New Guinea, the Raggiana bird-of-paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Even though the plumes of this species are heavily cropped by natives for ceremonial headdresses, the practice is not a threat to their long-term survival.

Captive male and female
Flag of Papua New Guinea , which features the bird
Bird faces up with green face, black breast and pink lower body. Elaborate long feathers on the wings and tail.
Like others of its family, the male has elaborate breeding plumage used to impress females. [ 6 ]