Relationship with Man

Relationship with Man

Communities in Papua paradise feathers are often used in clothing and their customs, and a few centuries ago it was important for feather millinery made in Europe. The hunt for fur and destruction of habitat caused a decrease in the number of birds in several species to the level terancm; destruction of habitat due to deforestation is now the main threat.

Hunting birds of paradise to be taken fur hat for trade to bloom in the late 19th and early 20th century (Cribb 1997), but now the birds were protected and hunting is only allowed for the celebration of the needs of the local tribes. In the case of Saxony Bird of Paradise, it is advisable to take from the house Fawn-breasted bird's nest. When King Mahendra of Nepal ascended the throne in 1955, was the bird of paradise feathers in the crown of the kingdom of Nepal need to be replaced. Because the hunting ban, finally allowed reimbursement of consignments seized by United States law.

Adult birds of paradise depicted on the flag of Papua New Guinea. David Attenborough has said some birds of paradise as his favorite type of animal, maybe he liked Paradise Bald.
[edit] References

* Cracraft, J. & Feinstein, J. (2000): What is not a bird of paradise? Molecular and morphological evidence places Macgregoria in the Meliphagidae and the Cnemophilinae near the base of the corvoid tree. Proc. R. Soc. B 267: 233-241.
* Cribb, Robert (1997): Birds of paradise and environmental politics in colonial Indonesia, 1890-1931. In: Boomgaard, Peter; Columbijn, Freek & Henley, David (eds.): Paper landscapes: Explorations in the environmental history of Indonesia: 379-408. KITLV Press, Leiden. ISBN 90-6718-124-2
* Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998): The Birds of Paradise: Paradise. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854853-2
* Mackay, Margaret D. (1990): The Egg of Wahnes' Carola Carola wahnesi (Paradise). Emu 90 (4): 269. PDF fulltext

[edit] External links

* The birds of paradise
* Video streaming bring some birds of paradise mating dance

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