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Carola's parotia

Parotia carolae A. B. Meyer, 1894

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The carola's parotia (Parotia carolae) is a species in the family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 138.8 g to 205 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Carola's parotia (Parotia carolae)
Photo: Richard Bowdler Sharpe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the carola's parotia

Weight
138.8 g – 205 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 carola's parotia 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 carola's parotia 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 carola's parotia?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Carola's parotia (, Parotia carolae), also known as Queen Carola's six-wired bird-of-paradise or Queen Carola's parotia, is a species of bird-of-paradise.

One of the most colourful parotias, the Queen Carola's parotia inhabits the mid-mountain forests of central New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods. The stunning courtship dance of this species was described in detail by Scholes (2006). It is similar to that of Lawes's parotia but modified to present the iridescent throat plumage and the flank tufts to the best effect.

The name commemorates Queen Carola of Vasa, the wife of King Albert I of Saxony. The king was honored with the King of Saxony bird-of-paradise.

Widespread and common throughout its fairly remote range, the Queen Carola's parotia is evaluated as of least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed in Appendix II of CITES.

From the Wikipedia article “Carola's parotia” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carola%27s_parotia&oldid=1380441829), 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 carola's parotia endangered?

The carola's parotia 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 carola's parotia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParadisaeidae
  6. genusParotia
  7. SpeciesParotia carolae A. B. Meyer, 1894
Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Queen Carola's parotiaEnglish
  • Queen Carola's parotiaEnglish
  • رفول الملكة كارولاArabic
  • Паротия на КаролаBulgarian
  • ocell del paradís de CarolaCatalan
  • rajka královninaCzech
  • aderyn paradwys CarolaWelsh
  • Hvidkronet ParotiaDanish
  • CarolaparadiesvogelGerman
  • Carola-ParadiesvogelGerman
  • karolina paradizeoEsperanto
  • Ave del paraíso de CarolaSpanish
  • Ave-del-paraíso de CarolaSpanish
  • tanu-paradiisilindEstonian
  • kuningatarliputtajaFinnish
  • Paradisier de CarolaFrench
  • kratkorepa rajska pticaCroatian
  • Karola-paradicsommadárHungarian
  • Parotia carolaIndonesian
  • Parotia di CarolaItalian
  • ワキジロカンザシフウチョウJapanese
  • rusvagurklė parotijaLithuanian
  • Karalienės Karolinos parotijaLithuanian
  • hjelmparadisfuglNorwegian
  • sześciopiór białopióryPolish
  • parótia-de-capacetePortuguese
  • ave-do-paraíso-de-carolaPortuguese
  • Паротия КэролRussian
  • Белопёрая паротияRussian
  • rajka bielobokáSlovak
  • vitkronad parotiaSwedish
  • Carolas strålparadisfågelSwedish
  • Beyaz Etekli ParotyaTurkish
  • паротія королівськаUkrainian
  • 白胁六线风鸟Chinese
  • 白脇六線天堂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the carola's parotia

Other species in the same genus Parotia.

CompareCarola's parotia vs Western parotiaCarola's parotia vs Lawes's parotiaCarola's parotia vs Wahnes's parotiaCarola's parotia vs Bronze parotia

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the carola's parotia?

An adult carola's parotia weighs 138.8 g – 205 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the carola's parotia live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the carola's parotia for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the carola's parotia endangered?

The carola's parotia 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 carola's parotia?

The carola's parotia (Parotia carolae) 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{carolas_parotia_2026,
  title = {Carola's parotia (Parotia carolae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/carolas-parotia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}