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Females choose males who they instinctively see are fine specimens of their species.
The colours of the plumage, the construction of the nest, the song and the mating dance all play a part.
In some species the pairing is monogamous, and in others the males are polygamous.
If they are monogamous, the males look much like the females.
If they are polygamous, the males are very much flashier than the females.
In both cases, it is the female who makes the choice of partner.
Hunting for plumes and habitat destruction have reduced some species to endangered status.
Habitat destruction due to deforestation is now the main threat.
Birds of paradise have bodies which look rather like a crow.
They have stout or long bills and strong feet, About two-thirds of the species are strongly sexually dimorphic.
Species of birds-of-paradise
Genus Lycocorax
Paradise-crow, Lycocorax pyrrhopterus
Genus Manucodia
Glossy-mantled manucode, Manucodia atra
Jobi manucode, Manucodia jobiensis
Crinkle-collared manucode, Manucodia chalybata
Curl-crested manucode, Manucodia comrii
Trumpet manucode, Manucodia keraudrenii
Genus Paradigalla
Long-tailed paradigalla, Paradigalla carunculata
Short-tailed paradigalla, Paradigalla brevicauda
Genus Astrapia
Arfak astrapia, Astrapia nigra
Splendid astrapia, Astrapia splendidissima
Ribbon-tailed astrapia, Astrapia mayeri
Stephanie's astrapia, Astrapia stephaniae
Huon astrapia, Astrapia rothschildi
Genus Parotia
Western parotia, Parotia sefilata
Carola's parotia, Parotia carolae
Berlepsch's parotia, Parotia berlepschi
Lawes's parotia, Parotia lawesii
Eastern parotia, Parotia helenae
Wahnes's parotia, Parotia wahnesi
Genus Pteridophora
King of Saxony bird of paradise, Pteridophora alberti
Genus Lophorina
Superb bird-of-paradise, Lophorina superbaGenus Ptiloris
Magnificent riflebird, Ptiloris magnificus
Eastern riflebird, Ptiloris intercedens
Paradise riflebird, Ptiloris paradiseus
Victoria's riflebird, Ptiloris victoriae
Genus Epimachus
Black sicklebill, Epimachus fastuosus
Brown sicklebill, Epimachus meyeri
Black-billed sicklebill, Epimachus albertisi
Pale-billed sicklebill, Epimachus bruijnii
Genus Cicinnurus
Magnificent bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus magnificus
Wilson's bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus respublica
King bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus regius
Genus Semioptera
Wallace's Standardwing, Semioptera wallacii
Genus Seleucidis
Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis melanoleuca
Genus Paradisaea
Lesser bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor
Greater bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea apoda
Raggiana bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea raggiana
Goldie's bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea decora
Red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra
Emperor bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea guilielmi
Blue bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rudolphi
Greater melampitta, "Melampitta" gigantea - tentatively included in this group
Loria's bird-of-paradise, Cnemophilus loriae - probably closer to Melanocharitidae (berrypeckers) (Cracraft & Feinstein 2000).
Crested bird-of-paradise, Cnemophilus macgregorii - probably closer to Melanocharitidae (Cracraft & Feinstein 2000).
Yellow-breasted bird-of-paradise, Loboparadisea sericea - probably closer to Melanocharitidae (Cracraft & Feinstein 2000).
Macgregor's giant honeyeater (formerly "Macgregor's bird-of-paradise"), Macgregoria pulchra - recently found to be a honeyeater (Cracraft & Feinstein 2000).
Lesser melampitta, Melampitta lugubris - for some time tentatively placed here; probably Orthonychidae (logrunners)
BBC Arts: Painting paradise: Art meets nature in Papua New Guinea.
Streaming video of a few birds of paradise's courtship display
Birds of Indonesia
Songbirds are the main group of birds in the order Passeriformes.
They are the suborder Passeri, sometimes called 'oscines' (Latin for songbird).
They are a genuine clade.
There are about 4000 species of songbird.
Their syrinx (vocal organ) is able to produce varied and beautiful singing.
They are a very successful group of birds, in fact they are the dominant birds on Earth today.
It seems songbirds evolved 50 million years ago in the part of Gondwana which later became Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Antarctica.
They then spread around the world.
Their song is mainly territorial: it communicates the identity and whereabouts of an individual to other birds of the same species.
It also signals sexual intentions.
Female preference in some populations is based on the extent of a male's song repertoire.
The larger a male's repertoire, the more females a male individual attracts.
Bird calls are also used for alarms and contact.
They are especially important in birds that feed or migrate in flocks.
Although almost all birds give calls of some sort, well-developed songs are only given by a few lines outside the songbirds.
Menuridae
Menuridae: lyrebirds
Atrichornithidae:  scrub birds
Bowerbirds and Australian treecreepers
Ptilonorhynchidae:  bowerbirds
Climacteridae:  Australian treecreepers
Meliphagoidea: honeyeaters and allies
Maluridae:  fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens
Meliphagidae:  honeyeaters and chats
Acanthizidae:  pardalotes, scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones
Australopapuan babblers
Pomatostomidae:  Australasian babblers
Logrunners
Orthonychidae: logrunners
Other basal lines
Cinclosomatidae:  whipbirds and allies
Neosittidae:  sittellas
Pachycephalidae:  whistlers, shrike-thrushes, pitohuis and allies
Dicruridae:  monarch flycatchers and allies
Campephagidae:  cuckoo shrikes and trillers
Oriolidae:  orioles including figbird
Artamidae:  woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs and Australian magpie
Paradisaeidae:  birds of paradise
Corvidae:  crows, rooks, ravens, magpies, and jays
Corcoracidae:  white-winged chough and apostlebird