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Predation on Birds of Paradise

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Subject: Predation on Birds of Paradise
From: Phil Gregory <>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 21:20:38 +0000
Working through some introduction material for this family for a forthcoming 
book about Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds,  it appears that predation on 
members of this family is remarkably little-known.
Over 25 years living and visiting New Guinea and 20 odd years living amongst 
Victoria’s Riflebirds, I have never seen any predation or found evidence of 
any. You would think that brightly coloured displaying males might be 
vulnerable to raptors, and presumably goannas and snakes must be a threat, but 
does anyone have any observations of such predation?
Please let me know if you so, thanks and happy new year, with good birding of 
course.
Phil Gregory

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