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Photo Gallery: Birds of Paradise
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Photo: A captive lesser bird of paradise perched in a tree
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The male lesser bird-of-paradise, like others in its genus, has beautiful plumage, which he displays to females in an elaborate courtship dance.
Photograph by Tim Laman

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