What is Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise?
{{Taxobox | name = Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise | status = | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = BxZ Seleucidis melanoleuca 00a.jpg | image_width = 225px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Paradisaeidae]] | genus = '''''Seleucidis''''' | genus_authority = [[René-Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1835 | binomial = ''Seleucidis melanoleucus''}} The '''twelve-wired bird-of-paradise''' (''Seleucidis melanoleucus'') is a medium-sized [[bird-of-paradise]] about 33cm-long. The male has a red [[Iris (anatomy)|iris]], black shoulders and wings, a long black [[Beak|bill]] and rich yellow [[Feather|plumes]] along its sides and stomach. From the rear of these plumes come twelve blackish, wire-like filaments, which bend back near their bases to sweep forward over the birds hindquarters. The female is a brown bird with black-barred buffy underparts. Its feet are strong, large-clawed and pink in color. It is the only [[species]] in the monotypic [[genus]] ''Seleucidis''. The male displays on an exposed vertical perch with its breast-shield flared. They eat fruits and [[arthropods]]. The bird is found in [[lowland]] forests, [[New Guinea]] and [[Salawati]] Island of [[Irian Jaya]]. == References == * {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=51208|title=Seleucidis melanoleucus|downloaded=1 November 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern {{Commons|Seleucidis melanoleuca}} [[Category:Paradisaeidae]] [[Category:Birds of Oceania]]