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Eastern parotia

Parotia helenae De Vis, 1897

Status not recordedsongbirds

The eastern parotia (Parotia helenae) is a species in the family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 155 g to 170.1 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the eastern parotia

Weight
155 g – 170.1 g
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the eastern 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 eastern 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

Is the eastern parotia endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the eastern parotia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParadisaeidae
  6. genusParotia
  7. SpeciesParotia helenae De Vis, 1897

Synonyms Parotia lawesii helenae

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • Lawes's parotia (eastern)English
  • رفول شرقيArabic
  • Brunbørstet ParotiaDanish
  • HelenaparadiesvogelGerman
  • helena paradizeoEsperanto
  • Ave del paraíso de ElenaSpanish
  • vasklaup-paradiisilindEstonian
  • idäntöpöliputtajaFinnish
  • Paradisier d'HelenaFrench
  • Heléna-paradicsommadárHungarian
  • Parotia orientaleItalian
  • ヒガシタンビカンザシフウチョウJapanese
  • rytinė parotijaLithuanian
  • HelenaparotiaDutch
  • hornparadisfuglNorwegian
  • sześciopiór rogatyPolish
  • ہیلنا پیروشیاWestern Panjabi
  • parótia-orientalPortuguese
  • Восточная паротияRussian
  • rajka chochlíkatáSlovak
  • östlig parotiaSwedish
  • паротія рогатаUkrainian
  • 棕额六线风鸟Chinese
  • Helena-ParadiesvogelGerman
  • Helenen-ParadiesvogelGerman
  • Ave-del-paraíso de HelenaSpanish
  • Paradisier d’HelenaFrench
  • Helena's ParotiaDutch
  • ave-do-paraíso-de-helenaPortuguese
  • östlig strålparadisfågelSwedish
  • 東方六線天堂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the eastern parotia

Other species in the same genus Parotia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the eastern parotia?

An adult eastern parotia weighs 155 g – 170.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the eastern parotia live?

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

What kind of animal is the eastern parotia?

The eastern parotia (Parotia helenae) 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

CreatureData. (2026). Eastern parotia (Parotia helenae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-parotia

MLA

“Eastern parotia (Parotia helenae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-parotia.

BibTeX
@misc{eastern_parotia_2026,
  title = {Eastern parotia (Parotia helenae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-parotia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}