One of the ‘moves’ in the male twelve-wired bird-of-paradise’s courtship dances goes a long way in explaining the presence of those 12 strange wire plumes that sprout in all directions from his yellow ...

IT may be interesting to many of your readers to know that a specimen of the rare and beautiful twelve-wired Paradise Bird (Seleucides alba) is now alive in the Royal Zoological Gardens at Florence.

Such is the case with the courtship rituals of male Paradisaeidae, the bird-of-paradise family. ... Brandon is a Wired Science reporter and freelance journalist. Based in Brooklyn, ...

That twelve-wired bird of paradise mating ritual, or the extreme smiley face display of the superb bird of paradise, is captured in minute detail in photos and videos throughout the exhibition.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Twelve-Wired Bird of Paradise ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 56 No. 26 (June 1887), p. 407 doi:10.1038 ...

Once the male twelve-wired bird-of-paradise has performed its first display to the right standard to persuade a female to approach, it switches to a new tactic. It turns its back, twists the lower ...