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Surreal seductions: Birds of paradise strut their stuff

19 April 2011

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The male blue bird of paradise Paradisaea rudolphi displays upside down.

(Image: Carl Bento/Australian Museum)

A new collection of photographs show the range of these birds’ distinctive plumage, and the lengths males will go to impress a potential mate. See more in our gallery here.

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