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Wahnes's parotia

Parotia wahnesi Rothschild, 1906

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The wahnes's parotia (Parotia wahnesi) is a species in the family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 147.5 g to 171 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Wahnes's parotia (Parotia wahnesi)
Photo: Henrik Grønvold · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the wahnes's parotia

Weight
147.5 g – 171 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc 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
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the wahnes'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 wahnes'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 wahnes's parotia?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Wahnes's parotia (Parotia wahnesi) is a medium-sized passerine of the bird-of-paradise family (Paradisaeidae). This species is distributed and endemic to the mountain forests of Huon Peninsula and Adelbert Mountains, northeast Papua New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods.

The name honors the German naturalist Carl Wahnes, who collected in New Guinea.

Wahnes's parotia is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES; its threat classification is C2a(1). As of 2022, there were an estimated 5,000 – 15,000 mature individuals, and the population is believed to be decreasing.

From the Wikipedia article “Wahnes's parotia” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wahnes%27s_parotia&oldid=1379681102), 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 wahnes's parotia endangered?

The wahnes's parotia is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the wahnes's parotia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParadisaeidae
  6. genusParotia
  7. SpeciesParotia wahnesi Rothschild, 1906
Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • رفول واهنسArabic
  • Паротия на ВанесBulgarian
  • ocell del paradís de WahnesCatalan
  • rajka adelbertskáCzech
  • aderyn paradwys WahnesWelsh
  • Langhalet ParotiaDanish
  • WahnesparadiesvogelGerman
  • LangschwanzstrahlenparadiesvogelGerman
  • Wahnes-ParadiesvogelGerman
  • vahnesa paradizeoEsperanto
  • Ave del paraíso de WahnesSpanish
  • Ave-del-paraíso de WahnesSpanish
  • puhmlaup-paradiisilindEstonian
  • kuningasliputtajaFinnish
  • Paradisier de WahnesFrench
  • blistavoprsa rajska pticaCroatian
  • Wahnes-paradicsommadárHungarian
  • Parotia di WahnesItalian
  • オナガカンザシフウチョウJapanese
  • rusvadryžė parotijaLithuanian
  • HuonparotiaDutch
  • pompongparadisfuglNorwegian
  • sześciopiór garbonosyPolish
  • parótia-de-huonPortuguese
  • ave-do-paraíso-de-whanesPortuguese
  • Ванесова паротияRussian
  • Хуонская паротияRussian
  • rajka hrbozobáSlovak
  • långstjärtad parotiaSwedish
  • långstjärtad strålparadisfågelSwedish
  • Huon ParotyasıTurkish
  • паротія великаUkrainian
  • 瓦氏六线风鸟Chinese
  • 瓦氏六線天堂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the wahnes's parotia

Other species in the same genus Parotia.

CompareWahnes's parotia vs Western parotiaWahnes's parotia vs Lawes's parotiaWahnes's parotia vs Carola's parotiaWahnes's parotia vs Bronze parotia

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the wahnes's parotia?

An adult wahnes's parotia weighs 147.5 g – 171 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the wahnes's parotia live?

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

Is the wahnes's parotia endangered?

The wahnes's parotia is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the wahnes's parotia?

The wahnes's parotia (Parotia wahnesi) 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). Wahnes's parotia (Parotia wahnesi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wahness-parotia

MLA

“Wahnes's parotia (Parotia wahnesi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wahness-parotia.

BibTeX
@misc{wahness_parotia_2026,
  title = {Wahnes's parotia (Parotia wahnesi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wahness-parotia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}