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Arfak astrapia

Astrapia nigra (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The arfak astrapia (Astrapia nigra) is a species in the family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 190 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Arfak astrapia (Astrapia nigra)
Photo: John Gould / William Matthew Hart · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the arfak astrapia

Weight
190 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the arfak astrapia live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The arfak astrapia is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the arfak astrapia?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Arfak astrapia (Astrapia nigra) is a species of astrapia, a group of birds found in the birds-of-paradise family Paradiseidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Arfak astrapia” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arfak_astrapia&oldid=1343907824), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the arfak astrapia endangered?

The arfak astrapia is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the arfak astrapia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParadisaeidae
  6. genusAstrapia
  7. SpeciesAstrapia nigra (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Paradisea gularis, Paradisea nigra

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • أسترابيا أرفاكArabic
  • Черна астрапияBulgarian
  • ocell del paradís d'ArfakCatalan
  • rajka strakovitáCzech
  • aderyn paradwys VogelkopWelsh
  • Arfak ParadisskadeDanish
  • FächerparadieselsterGerman
  • Fächer-ParadieselsterGerman
  • SchwarzkehlparadieselsterGerman
  • arfaka paradizeoEsperanto
  • Ave del paraíso de las ArfakSpanish
  • Ave-del-paraíso de las ArfakSpanish
  • arfaki paradiisilindEstonian
  • arfakinparatiisiharakkaFinnish
  • Paradisier à gorge noireFrench
  • crnogrla rajska pticaCroatian
  • legyezős paradicsomszarkaHungarian
  • Astrapia arfakIndonesian
  • Astrapia degli ArfakItalian
  • オナガフウチョウJapanese
  • juodagurklė astrapijaLithuanian
  • arfakparadisfuglNorwegian
  • astrapia czarnaPolish
  • astrápia-de-arfakPortuguese
  • ave-do-paraíso-das-arfakPortuguese
  • Арфакская астрапияRussian
  • Черногорлая астрапияRussian
  • rajka čiernaSlovak
  • Arfak AstrapyasıTurkish
  • астрапія чорнаUkrainian
  • 黑蓝长尾风鸟Chinese
  • 黑藍長尾天堂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the arfak astrapia

Other species in the same genus Astrapia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the arfak astrapia?

An adult arfak astrapia weighs 190 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the arfak astrapia live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the arfak astrapia for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the arfak astrapia endangered?

The arfak astrapia is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the arfak astrapia?

The arfak astrapia (Astrapia nigra) belongs to the family Paradisaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{arfak_astrapia_2026,
  title = {Arfak astrapia (Astrapia nigra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arfak-astrapia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}