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king bird-of -paradise courtship display

Photo was taken in the cloudy afternoon.

king bird-of -paradise courtship display
baboon, 24 Jul 2010
    • baboon
      Photo was taken in the cloudy afternoon.
      24 Jul 2010
    • Chlidonias
      wow, lucky to have been there to see that!
      24 Jul 2010
    • Jabiru96
      Great colouration!
      24 Jul 2010
    • gentle lemur
      Very special!

      Alan
      25 Jul 2010
    • Zooish
      Great shot!

      You're very lucky indeed. Despite being so vibrant they're really hard to spot in the large aviary. And to capture courtship behaviour is a huge plus :)
      28 Jul 2010
    • Fossa dude
      Those are really amazing birds. Is their exhibit very large? Are the birds usually visible?
      25 Oct 2010
    • Chlidonias
      the bird of paradise aviaries are huge. Something like twenty feet high, with viewing from outside at ground level through the wire and also inside on a raised walkway with no barriers between you and the birds. Some of my favourite aviaries at the park.
      27 Oct 2010
    • Fossa dude
      Wow that would be pretty cool if there was an American Zoo that had the same thing. Are some of the birds of paradise mixed with others?
      27 Oct 2010
    • baboon
      The king birds-of-paradise are mixed with a pair of red birds-of-paradise. Lesser birds-of-paradise and twelve-wired birds-of-paradise are kept seperately.
      28 Oct 2010
    • Zooish
      The Lesser BoP are mixed with Wilson's BoP. Twelve-wired BoP are not mixed with other species as baboon has pointed out.
      29 Oct 2010
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