Obi paradise-crow
Lycocorax obiensis Bernstein, 1865
The obi paradise-crow (Lycocorax obiensis) is a species in the family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 283.9 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the obi paradise-crow
- Weight
- 283.9 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 obi paradise-crow 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 obi paradise-crow is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the obi paradise-crow?
The Obi paradise-crow (Lycocorax obiensis) is a species of paradise-crow in the family Paradiseaidae along with the birds-of-paradise. This bird was split from its congener, the Halmahera paradise-crow (L. pyrrhopterus) in 2016. The species was first described and named by Heinrich Agathon Bernstein in 1865.
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Is the obi paradise-crow endangered?
The obi paradise-crow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 obi paradise-crow classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyParadisaeidae
- genusLycocorax
- SpeciesLycocorax obiensis Bernstein, 1865
Synonyms Lycocorax pyrrhopterus obiensis
Other names and names in other languages (18)
- Paradise-crow (Obi)English
- غراب الجنة أوبيArabic
- Obi ParadiskrageDanish
- ObiparadieskräheGerman
- Brauner KrähenparadiesvogelGerman
- obia paradizeoEsperanto
- Ave del paraíso corvina de ObiSpanish
- Paradisier d'ObiFrench
- Paradisier d’ObiFrench
- smeđokrila rajska pticaCroatian
- ObiparadijskraaiDutch
- glansparadiskråkeNorwegian
- grabiec lśniącyPolish
- ave-do-paraíso-de-obiPortuguese
- corvo-do-paraíso-das-obiPortuguese
- surga ostrovnáSlovak
- obiparadiskråkaSwedish
- 奥比岛极乐鸟Chinese
Relatives of the obi paradise-crow
Other species in the same genus Lycocorax.
Halmahera paradise-crow
Lycocorax pyrrhopterus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the obi paradise-crow?
An adult obi paradise-crow weighs 283.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the obi paradise-crow live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the obi paradise-crow for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the obi paradise-crow endangered?
The obi paradise-crow 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 obi paradise-crow?
The obi paradise-crow (Lycocorax obiensis) 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.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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