Victoria's Riflebird - male (Ptiloris victoriae)
   

Queensland Australia

Canon300D with 100mm f2.8 macro lens. f/3.2, 1/60 ISO 200 with fill in flash

One of the many birds that patrolled the hut I was living in at Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges. It is a bird of paradise, famous for it's display to the female during the breeding season.


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