{"id":35434,"date":"2018-06-13T13:41:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T17:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=35434"},"modified":"2022-11-21T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T00:30:00","slug":"new-vogelkop-superb-bird-of-paradise-changes-up-the-old-song-and-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/new-vogelkop-superb-bird-of-paradise-changes-up-the-old-song-and-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"New Vogelkop Superb Bird-Of-Paradise Changes Up the Old Song and Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed legacy-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignright\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube embed XWjx6oSgC4M\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XWjx6oSgC4M?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>Ed Scholes, co-discoverer of the new species, points out the subtle but distinctive differences between the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise and its nearest relative.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright sidebar-space order-bottom\"><div class=\"article-list list-style alignright\"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">More From Living Bird<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CLoon-FI.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CLoon-FI.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CLoon-FI-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CLoon-FI-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Common Loons avoid predators during breeding season by nesting in secluded spots along lakeshores. Photo by Roberta Olenick.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Summer 2018\u2014Table Of Contents<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird-latest issue\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine\u2014Latest Issue<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird archives\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine Archives<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p><small><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-summer-2018-table-of-contents\/\">Summer 2018<\/a> issue of <\/em>Living Bird<em> magazine. <a href=\"https:\/\/join.birds.cornell.edu\/ea-action\/action?ea.client.id=1806&amp;ea.campaign.id=24577&amp;ea.tracking.id=LBO\">Subscribe now<\/a>.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Introducing the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise (<em>Lophorina niedda<\/em>), now recognized as a new species, thanks in part to its smooth dance moves.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Cornell Lab of Ornithology researcher Ed Scholes and photographer Tim Laman were on a multimedia expedition for the Birds-of-Paradise Project in the far western region of New Guinea, called the Bird\u2019s Head (or Vogelkop) peninsula, when they happened to hear a distinctive song. Scholes and Laman knew the population of Superb Bird-of-Paradise found there sang a different song than individuals elsewhere in New Guinea, so they set up their gear to record the bird\u2019s courtship behavior\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XWjx6oSgC4M\">the first time the behavior of this western population had ever been filmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Superb Bird-of-Paradise (now called the Greater Superb Bird-of-Paradise) is a somewhat well-known bird. The species shot to stardom after the male\u2019s courtship dance appeared on David Attenborough\u2019s Planet Earth series. For a mating display, the male fans its feathers out to form a pitch-black oval highlighted by electric-blue feathers\u2014suggesting a smile and a pair of eyes\u2014and hops excitedly around a female.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BoP-Comparison_from_Scholes_Paper.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BoP-Comparison_from_Scholes_Paper-720x273.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BoP-Comparison_from_Scholes_Paper-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BoP-Comparison_from_Scholes_Paper-480x182.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BoP-Comparison_from_Scholes_Paper.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>The Superb Bird-of-Paradise (left) forms an oval shape when displaying; The Vogelkop Bird-of-Paradise (right) forms a crescent. <em>Video still A by <a href= \"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/458003\">Ed Scholes\/Macaulay Library<\/a>. Image B by  <a href= \"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/62128001\">Tim Laman\/Macaulay Library<\/a><\/em>.<\/figcaption>\n              <\/figure><\/div>\n<p>But as Scholes and Laman watched this new western bird\u2019s routine, they noticed subtle novelties in the display. This bird slid from side to side instead of hopping, and its feathers fanned out to a crescent instead of an oval.<\/p>\n<p>These and other differences\u2014published in the journal PeerJ by Scholes and Laman\u2014were enough to suggest this was a new species. Their findings were bolstered by another team\u2019s research that confirmed via DNA analysis that the Vogelkop population of the Superb Bird-of-Paradise was genetically distinct.<\/p>\n<p>The Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise is the latest discovery from the Cornell Lab\u2019s Birds-of-Paradise Project, a research and education initiative to document, interpret, and protect the birds-of-paradise, their native environments, and other biodiversity of the New Guinea region\u2014one of the largest remaining tropical wildernesses on the planet. For more information, visit <a href=\"birdsofparadiseproject.org\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">The Birds-of-Paradise Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Summer 2018 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Introducing the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise (Lophorina niedda), now recognized as a new species, thanks in part to its smooth<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/new-vogelkop-superb-bird-of-paradise-changes-up-the-old-song-and-dance\/\" title=\"ReadNew Vogelkop Superb Bird-Of-Paradise Changes Up the Old Song and Dance\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":35656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_birdpress_living_bird_toc":0,"_birdpress_living_bird_toc_title":"","_birdpress_featured_image":false,"_birdpress_hero_toggle":false,"_birdpress_hero_type":"image","_birdpress_hero_image_type":"image","_birdpress_hero_style":"default","_birdpress_hero_ratio":"","_birdpress_hero_h1":"","_birdpress_hero_media_id":0,"_birdpress_hero_media_array_id":[],"_birdpress_hero_media_array":[],"_birdpress_hero_media":0,"_birdpress_hero_video_id":0,"_birdpress_hero_video":0,"_birdpress_hero_youtube":"","_birdpress_hero_content":true,"_birdpress_hero_byline":"","_birdpress_hero_byline_bottom":"","_birdpress_hero_button_link":"","_birdpress_hero_button_text":"","_birdpress_hero_button_color":"","_birdpress_hero_date":false,"original_guid":"","_birdpress_hide_search":false,"_birdpress_page_width":"","_birdpress_global_cta":false,"_birdpress_widget_sidebar":"","_birdpress_next_article":0,"_birdpress_next_article_title":"","_birdpress_prev_article":0,"_birdpress_prev_article_title":"","_birdpress_sub_navigation_id":0,"_birdpress_sub_navigation":"","_birdpress_sub_navigation_title":false,"_birdpress_anchor_navigation_id":0,"_birdpress_anchor_navigation":"","_birdpress_postType":"both","_birdpress_categoryID":0,"_birdpress_tagID":0,"_birdpress_parentPostID":0,"_birdpress_parentPostTitle":"","_birdpress_menuID":0,"_birdpress_menuName":"","_birdpress_listHeader":"","_birdpress_listLayout":"card-display","_birdpress_listColumns":"","_birdpress_maxItems":12,"_birdpress_listPaginate":true,"_birdpress_displaySort":true,"_birdpress_sortOrder":"DESC","_birdpress_sortBy":"date","_birdpress_listID":"","_birdpress_listClass":"","_birdpress_displayImages":true,"_birdpress_displayCaptions":false,"_birdpress_displayExcerpts":false,"_birdpress_attTop":"","_birdpress_attBottom":"","_birdpress_showLogos":false,"_birdpress_post_logo":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_topic":0,"wds_primary_content-format":0,"wds_primary_cornell-lab-project":0,"wds_primary_host-project":0,"wds_primary_read-more-tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"topic":[998,1043],"content-format":[1055],"cornell-lab-project":[1064],"host-project":[],"read-more-tag":[],"class_list":["post-35434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-news-and-features","topic-science-conservation-news-and-features","content-format-article","cornell-lab-project-birds-of-paradise-project"],"metadata":{"associated-posts":[""],"wpa_off":[""],"_edit_lock":["1669077001:4"],"_edit_last":["4"],"wdsi_message_id":[""],"wdsi_do_not_show":[""],"custom-byline":["<h5>By Marc Devokaitis<\/h5>"],"banner-video":[""],"banner-image":[""],"fallback-videobanner-image":[""],"original_guid":[""],"banner-text-style":["light"],"banner-style":["default"],"featured-image-display":["no"],"hide-from-search":["no"],"_birdpress_next_article":[""],"_birdpress_prev_article":[""],"_webdados_fb_open_graph_specific_image":[""],"_thumbnail_id":["35656"],"_webdados_fb_open_graph_specific_description":[""],"_wds_post_media_schema_cache":["a:1:{s:5:\"video\";a:1:{s:32:\"c49f7d213a13fdb8ac6242656f592989\";a:14:{s:5:\"title\";s:51:\"A new species? 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