What is Splendid astrapia?
{{Speciesbox | name = Splendid Astrapia | image = | image_caption = Male (right) and female (left). | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22706215/0 |title=''Astrapia splendidissima'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> | genus = Astrapia | species = splendidissima | authority = [[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]], 1895 }} The '''splendid astrapia''' (''Astrapia splendidissima'') is a [[bird-of-paradise]] about 39&nbsp;cm long. The male is black with an [[iridescence|iridescent]] yellow-green [[mantle]] (cloak). It has a blue-green throat, dark green below. The tail feathers are short, broad and white with black tips. The female has a brown plumage and dark head. Little is known about this bird. It lives in the mountain forests of the west central highlands of [[New Guinea]]. Its diet is fruit, insects, lizards and frogs. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Paradisaeidae]] [[Category:Birds of Oceania]] {{biology-stub}}