Wahnes's Parotia (Parotia wahnesi)
About the Wahnes's Parotia
Wahnes's parotia (Parotia wahnesi) is a medium-sized passerine of the bird-of-paradise family (Paradisaeidae). This species is distributed and endemic to the mountain forests of Huon Peninsula and Adelbert Mountains, northeast Papua New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods. The name honors the German naturalist Carl Wahnes, who collected in New Guinea. Wahnes's parotia is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES; its threat classification is C2a(1). As of 2022, there were an estimated 5,000 – 15,000 mature individuals, and the population is believed to be decreasing.
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Listed as recorded in Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.