the twelve-wired bird-of-paradise ("seleucidis melanoleucus") is a medium-sized bird-of-paradise about 33cm-long. the male has a red iris, black shoulders and wings, a long black bill and rich yellow 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.