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Huon astrapia

Astrapia rothschildi J. F. N. Förster, 1906

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The huon astrapia (Astrapia rothschildi) is a species in the family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 159 g to 206.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Huon astrapia (Astrapia rothschildi)
Photo: Ellis Rowan (c1847-1922) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the huon astrapia

Weight
159 g – 206.2 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
1src for Young per litter or clutch
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

Photos of the huon astrapia

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Huon astrapia (Astrapia rothschildi)
Walter Rothschild, Ernst Hartert, K. Jordan (editors) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the huon 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 huon 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 huon astrapia?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Huon astrapia (Astrapia rothschildi), also known as Rothschild's astrapia, Huon bird-of-paradise, or Lord Rothschild's bird-of-paradise, is a species of bird-of-paradise belonging to the genus Astrapia. Like most of its congeners, A. rothschildi is a rather elusive member of its genus and family.

From the Wikipedia article “Huon astrapia” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huon_astrapia&oldid=1372405172), 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 huon astrapia endangered?

The huon 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 huon astrapia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParadisaeidae
  6. genusAstrapia
  7. SpeciesAstrapia rothschildi J. F. N. Förster, 1906

Synonyms Astrapia alboundata

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • أسترابيا هونArabic
  • Ротшилдова астрапияBulgarian
  • ocell del paradís de RothschildCatalan
  • rajka huonskáCzech
  • aderyn paradwys HuonWelsh
  • Huon ParadisskadeDanish
  • Huon-paradisskadeDanish
  • BlaubrustparadieselsterGerman
  • Blaubrust-ParadieselsterGerman
  • RothschildparadieselsterGerman
  • huona paradizeoEsperanto
  • Ave del paraíso de RothschildSpanish
  • Ave-del-paraíso de RothschildSpanish
  • laisaba-paradiisilindEstonian
  • huoninparatiisiharakkaFinnish
  • Paradisier de RothschildFrench
  • huonska rajska pticaCroatian
  • huon-félszigeti paradicsomszarkaHungarian
  • Astrapia di HuonItalian
  • ヒガシオナガフウチョウJapanese
  • žaliapilvė astrapijaLithuanian
  • huonparadisfuglNorwegian
  • astrapia żabotowaPolish
  • astrápia-de-huonPortuguese
  • ave-do-paraíso-de-rothschildPortuguese
  • Хуонская астрапияRussian
  • Синегрудая астрапияRussian
  • rajka vznešenáSlovak
  • Huon AstrapyasıTurkish
  • астрапія зеленогрудаUkrainian
  • 绿腹长尾风鸟Chinese
  • 綠腹長尾天堂鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the huon 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 huon astrapia?

An adult huon astrapia weighs 159 g – 206.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the huon astrapia live?

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

Is the huon astrapia endangered?

The huon 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 huon astrapia?

The huon astrapia (Astrapia rothschildi) 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{huon_astrapia_2026,
  title = {Huon astrapia (Astrapia rothschildi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/huon-astrapia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}