What is Superb bird-of-paradise?
{{automatic taxobox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN2012>{{IUCN|id=106005820 |title=''Lophorina superba'' | assessors=BirdLife International |version=2012.1 |year=2012 |accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> | image = Lophorina minor by Bowdler Sharpe.jpg | image_caption = [[Lesser superb bird-of-paradise]] (''Lophorina minor'') | taxon = Lophorina | authority = [[Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1816 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }} The '''superb bird-of-paradise''' (''Lophorina superba'') is a small [[passerine]], about 26[[centimeter|cm]] long and 70 g in weight. It is one of two members in the genus ''Lophorina''. The male is a black [[bird-of-paradise]] with a [[wikt:shine|shining]] green crown, blue-green breast shield and a long velvety black erectile cape covering his back. The female is a reddish-brown bird with brownish barred buff below. The superb bird-of-paradise lives in the rainforests of [[New Guinea]]. The male is [[Polygamy|polygamous]] and performs a song and dance for to gain the interest of the female. He starts by singing loud and rapid notes, then he starts to hop around in front of the [[female]] making a tapping or clicking sound. Then, he uses his folded black cape and blue-green [[breast]] shield to spring upward and spreads widely around its head, making him a dancing [[ellipse]]-shaped creature. == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * {{YouTube|SK4us0_pAa8}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Paradisaeidae]] [[Category:Birds of Oceania]]