Scientific name: Seleucidis melanoleucus
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae

The Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise is a bird of lowland forests, Widely distributed throughout New Guinea and Salawati Island of Irian Jaya. The male displays on an exposed vertical perch with its breast-shield flared. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods. It has only been successfully bred in Singapore's Jurong Bird Park.

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