King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise

About

The adult King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise is a bird in the bird-of-paradise family. It is approximately 22cm long, and the male has two outlandishly long (up to 50cm) scalloped, enamel-blue brow-plumes that can be independently erected at the bird's will. When the first specimen was brought to Europe, the bizarre ornamental head plumes were thought to be fake.

Location

It is endemic to montane forest in New Guinea.