Paradisaea decora

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	Passeriformes	Paradisaeidae

Scientific Name:

Paradisaea decora

Species Authority:

Salvin and Godman, 1883

Common Name/s:

English

–

Goldie's Bird-of-paradise

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

BirdLife International

Evaluator/s:

Butchart, S. & Mahood, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)

Justification:
This poorly known species is likely to have a moderately small population which is probably declining owing to habitat degradation. Were the larger islands within its range to become the focus for large-scale logging and development it might require uplisting.

History:

2004	–	Near Threatened
2000	–	Lower Risk/near threatened
1994	–	Vulnerable
1988	–	Threatened

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Paradisaea decora is restricted to Fergusson (1,340 km²) and Normanby (1,040 km²) in the D'Entrecasteaux archipelago of east Papua New Guinea. It is fairly common and despite some observations to the contrary⁴.
Countries:	Native: Papua New Guinea

Population [top]

Population Trend:	Decreasing

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in forest between 300 m and at least 700 m. It appears to inhabit secondary regrowth and forest edge, suggesting some tolerance of logging^1,2.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although there are no imminent plans for large-scale logging on these islands, both have been targeted by multi-national logging companies and there is a proposal to convert large areas of Normanby to cash crops^3,5.

Major Threat(s):

Although there are no imminent plans for large-scale logging on these islands, both have been targeted by multi-national logging companies and there is a proposal to convert large areas of Normanby to cash crops^3,5.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Conservation actions underway: CITES Appendix II. Conservation actions proposed: Regularly monitor the population at selected sites. Further research its tolerance of degraded forest. Protect significant areas of remaining primary forest. Lobby against large-scale development of forested areas on the islands where it occurs.

Conservation Actions:

Conservation actions underway:

CITES Appendix II.

Conservation actions proposed:

Regularly monitor the population at selected sites. Further research its tolerance of degraded forest. Protect significant areas of remaining primary forest. Lobby against large-scale development of forested areas on the islands where it occurs.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Paradisaea decora. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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