a bird special bird family, almost all found near New Guinea, except a few at Australia, Indonesia nearby island.
有16属41种 (++)。大部分雄鸟色彩缤纷，具有复杂华丽的饰羽。雌鸟和雄性未成鸟则具有暗淡的保护色，腹部常有横斑。有些单配制种类为全身黑色或蓝黑色。该科鸟体长15~110厘米，体重50~450克。雄鸟一般大于雌鸟。
Bird-of-Paradise
1. Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, 十二线极乐鸟, 十二線極樂鳥, Seleucidis melanoleucus, ジュウニセンフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Mati-kawat
2. King Bird-of-paradise, 王极乐鸟, 王天堂鳥, Cicinnurus regius, ヒヨクドリ, Cendrawasih Raja
3. Lesser Bird-of-paradise, 小极乐鸟, 小天堂鳥, Paradisaea minor, コフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Kecil
4. Pale-billed Sicklebill, 淡嘴镰嘴风鸟, 白嘴鐮嘴天堂鳥, Drepanornis bruijnii, シロカマハシフウチョウ, Paruh-sabit paruh-putih
5. Western Parotia, 阿法六线风鸟, 阿法六線風鳥, Parotia sefilata, カンザシフウチョウ, Parotia Arfak
6. Red Bird-of-paradise, 红极乐鸟, 紅極樂鳥, Paradisaea rubra, ジュウニセンフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Mati-kawat
7. Magnificent Bird-of-paradise,丽色极乐鸟, 麗色極樂鳥, Cicinnurus magnificus, キンミノフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Belah-rotan
8. Magnificent Riflebird, 丽色掩鼻风鸟, 麗色掩鼻風鳥, Ptiloris magnificus, オオウロコフウチョウ, Toowa Cemerlang
9. Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise, 威氏丽色风鸟, 威氏麗色風鳥, Cicinnurus respublica, アカミノフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Botak
10. Black Sicklebill, 黑镰嘴风鸟, 黑色鐮嘴天堂鳥, Epimachus fastosus, オナガカマハシフウチョウ, Paruh-sabit kurikuri
11. Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise, 幡羽极乐鸟, 幡羽天堂鳥, Semioptera wallacii
12. Lophorina superba, 华美极乐鸟, 華美天堂鳥, Lophorina superba, カタカケフウチョウ, Cendrawasih kerah
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Is a long journey from Malaysia – Sulawesi – Jayapura (~26 hours without a bed, too much coffee and waiting) …for the day1 when we arrive, we give Magnificent Riflebird a try but failed to have any photo .. but the bird was well seen above our “hide”
Day2 – Nimbokrang
We start our drive, walk ~430am, 15 min drive and ~20min walk … the first Bird-of-paradise is waiting for us .. before we walk into our “hide”. The bird keeps calling, trying to attract female … but seem it is not attractive enough. only one female comes close and fast. The male trying to “show off” with some action but the female flew off just immediate it trying to show his “dance”
I am mostly recording video, so this picture I share is a Jpeg extract from Canon Digital Photo Professional software …
1. Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, 十二线极乐鸟, 十二線極樂鳥, Seleucidis melanoleucus, ジュウニセンフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Mati-kawat
– one of the most easier, walk not that far and the birds just there without any waiting
– first Bird-of-Paradise of the trip and amazing beautiful
非常漂亮的天堂鳥。
update 202509
Our 2025 group had a great session today as Feng Shu shared a presentation about the upcoming West Papua Bird Photography trip. While I couldn’t be there, I really miss the fun times we had together. Let’s plan again soon — and go after one of those stunning Birds-of-Paradise!
我们2025年的团队今天过得很愉快，風書 分享了关于明年西巴布亚鸟类摄影之旅的介绍。我虽然没能到场，但非常想念大家一起的快乐时光。让我们再次计划一次旅程，一起去追寻那美丽的天堂鸟吧！
update 202508
It’s amazing how this bird kept calling during all three of our visits—only once did it attempt to display for a nearby female. I really enjoy watching this species dance; it’s not as dark or fast-moving as some other birds-of-paradise, which makes it even more enjoyable to observe.
这只鸟在我们三次探访时一直在叫，只有一次试着跳舞吸引母鸟。真的很喜欢它的求偶舞，不像其他天堂鸟那样动作快或环境太暗，看起来特别舒服。
这次还是一样，它站得很高。但幸运的是我们这次走得比较近（这趟行程基本没怎么走路，除了有一位跟我去找黑镰极乐鸟）。这只鸟正在展示求偶，还有几只雌鸟在附近，大家都对这次表演感到满意！
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It’s our last day at the first birding spot, and we were happy with our choice—got an even better view of this stunning Bird-of-Paradise. Since I already had good shots of its display, I focused on capturing it in flight. And yes… it flew off right after a nearby female called!
这是我们在第一个赏鸟地点的最后一天，选的地方真不错，我们看得更清楚了这只天堂鸟。之前我已经拍到它跳舞的好照片，这次就准备拍飞行照。果然，一听到附近母鸟的叫声，它就飞走了！
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update 202507
After several years, I’m finally back in West Papua—so excited to return! Our first bird-of-paradise of the trip was the same as before: a beautiful male Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, calling at dawn in the dim morning light.
多年后终于再次回到西巴布亚，真的很兴奋！我们这趟旅程的第一只天堂鸟还是那只熟悉的——清晨昏暗的光线中，一只美丽的十二线极乐鸟雄鸟在叫声中登场。
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update 202105
– let’s share some old pictures and video
– this was 2019 Oct, our West Papua Bird Photography trip first Birds-of-Paradise and one of the most easier.
– special of this bird is the tails
– 還有蠻長的封城。看看一些久照片與攝頻，懷念。
– 我們2019，西巴布亞的第一隻極樂鳥。也是最容易的一隻。走不遠，不用等，站很久。
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2. King Bird-of-paradise, 王极乐鸟, 王天堂鳥, Cicinnurus regius, ヒヨクドリ, Cendrawasih Raja
update 202602
这是我最喜欢的鸟类之一，每次见到它都让我兴奋不已。这次旅行特别难忘，因为我们发现了一个更好的观鸟点。相比第一个步行15分钟但鸟儿飞得很高的位置，这里的鸟位更低且视野开阔。虽然需要在平坦的泥泞小径上步行约40分钟，但绝对值得。我们中甚至有人为了拍出更好的照片特意去了第二回。我已经迫不及待想在2026年8月再次前往了。有人想同行吗？
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update 202508
This is definitely one of my favorite birds-of-paradise. It usually stays high in the canopy, but with some luck, you can still capture its stunning poses and display.
For this trip, we were lucky—it came down really low, giving us a perfect chance to photograph this beautiful bird up close!
这绝对是我最喜欢的天堂鸟之一。它通常待在高高的树上，但有时候运气好，还是能拍到它展示美丽姿态的画面。
这次我们很幸运，它飞得很低，让我们有机会近距离拍下它的美丽身影！
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BoP #2 which is my target #1 for this tour, was just about 20min walking after Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, but this is so much smaller, higher & active makes only a very limited angle to get the full view. I am lucky to have this just ~5min wait.
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3. Lesser Bird-of-paradise, 小极乐鸟, 小天堂鳥, Paradisaea minor, コフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Kecil
– The only BoP we didn’t see much and dancing .. just hear most of the time … the location we wait seem not the really correct location for “dancing” … but it did flying across and let us record
– 在非常高的樹上叫不停，就見到它們飛來飛去。幸運都停了一會。
update 202508
Same as before—it stayed high up in the trees. But this time, we were lucky to be much closer (surprisingly, we didn’t walk much on this tour—except one guest who followed me for the Black Sicklebill). Still, the bird was displaying with a few females nearby, and everyone was happy with the show!
这次还是一样，它站得很高。但幸运的是我们这次走得比较近（这趟行程基本没怎么走路，除了有一位跟我去找黑镰极乐鸟）。这只鸟正在展示求偶，还有几只雌鸟在附近，大家都对这次表演感到满意！
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4. Pale-billed Sicklebill, 淡嘴镰嘴风鸟, 白嘴鐮嘴天堂鳥, Drepanornis bruijnii, シロカマハシフウチョウ, Paruh-sabit paruh-putih
– another not so obvious Bird-of-Paradise got from Irian Jaya.
– this is so far away, and somehow it still belongs to BoP .. we got it record ..
– 鳥不是特別出色，還要在遠遠的。
– 攝於伊里安查亚
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After 5 days of “enjoy”, reasonable food, easy walk (flat), air-cond room, not far from airport and bird spots .. we finally move to 2nd destination Arfak Mountain..
After got the information before, we get ready with some extra food … sleeping beg, insect repellent, etc .. just before we going into a “no Phone” (only a particular spot can get a phone signal which is a bit distance from our “homestay”. After ~2 hours of offroad travel, we arrive at our homestay a little bit late and with rain .. so we call this a day and enjoy our cold stay
Here, we need to split into a few groups to decide on different BoP hide due to limited “hole” for photography …
Day1 at Arfak Mountain
5. Western Parotia, 阿法六线风鸟, 阿法六線風鳥, Parotia sefilata, カンザシフウチョウ, Parotia Arfak
– lucky to have this amazing, lovely bird for bird #1 .. we walk a very steep hike ~45-60 degree uphill for ~500m … we saw the bird-eating, calling for the whole morning but just not dancing … at ~9 am, we almost give up … the female came to the dancing group, followed by the male than the moment begin …
update 202602
This is one of our main target species, both to photograph and to witness in person just how incredible its display can be. It is a big bird, and once it starts displaying, it looks both spectacular and amusing at the same time. No matter how many times we watch it, the display never gets boring. Sometimes, we even return again in the afternoon, hoping to catch more action.
August 2026 — we are coming back again!
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这是我们此行最重要的目标之一，不只是为了拍照，更是为了亲眼见证它那震撼又精彩的求偶展示。它体型很大，一旦开始展示，既壮观又带点滑稽，让人看了忍不住微笑。无论看多少次，都不会觉得厌倦，有时我们甚至在下午再回到现场，只希望能再看到一次精彩的表演。
2026年8月，我们一定会再回来！
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update 202508
##### It’s hard to miss this amazing bird when visiting West Papua—but getting good photos during its “dance” is still a big challenge. The bird moves in every direction with lightning speed, often in low light. Once we had enough photos, everyone switched to video mode, hoping to capture its incredible display. This shot shows the moment it ends its dance—standing still and shaking its head. Captured at 40fps and turned into a short video. Hopefully, I’ll get to share the full display video soon!
来到西巴布亚，很难错过这只惊艳的天堂鸟，但要拍到它“跳舞”的好照片真的不容易。它的动作很快，方向随时变化，而且环境光线也很暗。 拍完照片后，大家都转拍视频，希望能记录下它精彩的求偶舞。这一刻是它跳完舞时的动作——站在原地摇头，用40帧/秒拍摄并合成了一个短视频。 有机会的话我会分享完整的视频！
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update 202310
– 4 years ago 5 of us went to West Papua for Photography and today 3 out of 5 we back to same airport and same Starbuck ..good memory … and hope tomorrow we have same good experience for the photography tour
– 4年前，我们5个人到西巴布亚摄鸟行。今天3/5个从回到同一机场，KFC，Starbucks 又讲起回忆。希望这吃摄鸟行一样棒。
update 202105
– a big overall blackbird, with a colorful throat depends on the angle and also have a Blue eye
– the male famous with ballerina dance displaying to attract female
– 非常特别的天堂鸟。大，黑，喉会变黄绿。为吸引母鸟会跳草裙舞
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so amazing to see it dancing ..
update 2020 Jan 16
a close look at the Juv
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6. Red Bird-of-paradise, 红极乐鸟, 紅極樂鳥, Paradisaea rubra, ジュウニセンフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Mati-kawat
actually, this is the last BoP of the tour but I really like it so much when I process the pictures …. can’t wait to share this great moment with you all. Endemic, common but somehow I really like this
update 202508
This year’s setup is much better—a shorter walk and an improved bird hide gave us a better viewing angle. Unfortunately, no female showed up, so the bird just did a short display as if preparing, then left. Still, a stunning bird and a moment worth witnessing.
今年的观察条件更好了，步行距离更近，鸟棚也改善了，让我们有更好的角度观赏。可惜没有雌鸟出现，它像是在准备展示一样做了一小段动作后就离开了。不过，它依然是一只非常漂亮的鸟，是值得欣赏的精彩瞬间。
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This marks the final Bird of Paradise for our 16-day West Papua trip. Everyone was thrilled to see this beautiful and relatively easier species. It looked like it was just starting to display and call for a female—but no luck today. Still, it was fun watching it practice its dance moves!
这是我们西巴布亚16天行程中最后一种极乐鸟，大家都很开心看到这只比较容易观察、又漂亮的鸟。它好像刚开始学习求偶舞和叫声，虽然今天没有成功吸引到雌鸟，但看它练习跳舞的样子也让我们觉得很精彩！
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update 202203
– finally Malaysia border going to open, do we able to make a trip here again this year ?
– 马来西亚要开放了。今年应该来得及到这拍鸟。
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one of my favor photo .. when this Red BoP decide make noise face to face to me
2019最喜歡的照片之一。這紅極樂鳥，面對面的叫真的很好看。
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7. Magnificent Bird-of-paradise,丽色极乐鸟, 麗色極樂鳥, Cicinnurus magnificus, キンミノフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Belah-rotan
– another BoP that really amazes us, it keeps cleaning the “dancing” ground and displaying (dancing) to attract a female. make a lot of photo opportunity
– 唯一不冷場的鳥，從早上到中午。下午都一直清理它的舞場，叫不停。
update 2020 June 18
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8. Magnificent Riflebird, 丽色掩鼻风鸟, 麗色掩鼻風鳥, Ptiloris magnificus, オオウロコフウチョウ, Toowa Cemerlang
– one of the amazing Bird of Paradise
– too bad missed the displaying but when it making a call just amazing so loud in the forest
update 202012
9. Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise, 威氏丽色风鸟, 威氏麗色風鳥, Cicinnurus respublica, アカミノフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Botak
– one of the easiest and beautiful Bird-of-Paradise
– every morning, it will come to “dance” ground clearing and calling the female – this is a moment after an hour clearing, no female is approaching so it is resting and preening nearby
– 一隻蠻普通+漂亮的風鳥，天堂鳥。
– 每天它都會到這清理，呼叫。希望母鳥的到來。
update 202602
This is one of the easiest Birds-of-Paradise to see, yet it is still among the most stunning and beautiful. This time, the display site was amazingly right beside the roadside! Compared to past trips, where we needed to hike 1–2 hours on steep slopes, this felt like a real luxury. If we have an extra morning, I would definitely return to enjoy this spectacular display again.
I will be revisiting West Papua in 2026 — anyone interested in joining?
这是最容易看到的极乐鸟之一，但依然是最惊艳、最美丽的种类之一。这次的展示地点竟然就在路边，真的太棒了！相比以前需要在陡坡上徒步一到两个小时，这次简直是一种享受。如果还有多余的早晨时间，我一定会再来一次，欣赏这场精彩的展示。
我计划在 2026 年再次前往西巴布亚，有人有兴趣一起吗？
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update 202509
update 202509 ##### Still remember the moment—our porters and local guides were late, so everyone rushed to the birding spot without them. Luckily, we arrived just in time to witness something special. A truly lucky group to see this stunning Bird-of-Paradise performing its display to attract a female. Such an incredible experience with these amazing birds! 还记得当时的情景——我们的挑夫和当地向导迟到了，大家只能自己快步前往观鸟点。幸运的是，我们还是赶上了精彩的时刻。 真是幸运的一组人，看到天堂鸟为了吸引雌鸟而展示求偶舞。这种鸟真是太神奇了！
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update 202105
– one of the most seen, photograph BoP, but still like this bird very much. the body contains so much color and the chest “green” can changing depend on lighting and angle to “purple”
– 應該是天堂鳥，被拍到最多的一種。可是還是我們最喜歡的一種。他的身上充滿色彩。胸上的青，還會轉紫。（角度，光線）
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10. Black Sicklebill, 黑镰嘴风鸟, 黑色鐮嘴天堂鳥, Epimachus fastosus, オナガカマハシフウチョウ, Paruh-sabit kurikuri
– a very special BoP but somehow we missed the male which big difference from the female.
– female is big and overall brown with a curvy bill
– 很普通的天堂鳥。公鳥是很長的鳥。
– 母鳥，棕色+彎嘴。
update 202105
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11. Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise, 幡羽极乐鸟, 幡羽天堂鳥, Semioptera wallacii
A large, front-heavy brown bird with a long, pale downcurved bill and a distinctive elongated head with a flat crown and a forehead tuft. Orange legs. Unmistakable males have a green-blue breast shield and long creamy-white plumes extending from the shoulders. Females are entirely earth-brown, lacking the shoulder extensions and shield. Immature resembles female. Found in canopy of tall forests in lowlands and foothills, confined to three islands in north Moluccas. Regularly sighted at known display sites. Very loud when displaying, giving raucous “WAA-WAA…” and “KEE-KEE…” notes. [Ebird]
update 202504
What a beautiful bird—one of the most easily accessible Birds-of-Paradise. I’ll definitely be visiting this site again soon. Can’t wait to see you once more!
多么美丽的鸟啊——是最容易到达+拍摄的天堂鸟之一。我很快一定会再次造访这个地点，迫不及待想再见到你！
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update 202310
[sorry for the bad video]
– this a weird scene I seen, or I missed out anything before .. why the female is on top and I record few times ..
– another trip another good view of this bird after longer wait compared to previous trips. I didn’t have best angle but still trying to show the beauty of this bird .. 8km bird .. worth ? YES definitely
– will share some funny video about this bird … may be finish this trip
[对不起，视屏画质真的有点差]
– 是我误会了，还是之前没看过他们踩蛋？为什么母鸟会在上面？！
– 另一个摄鸟行到这。虽然这次等蛮久可是还是很不错。可是这次站台太高2位团友安全问题没上来。其他都拍的很好。
– 8公里来回。很值得，这么美的鸟。一定要来拍。
– 我拍到它们踩蛋的视频，可是很奇怪。母的在上。有机会再发。
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– another trip another good view of this bird after longer wait compared to previous trips. I didn’t have best angle but still trying to show the beauty of this bird .. 8km bird .. worth ? YES definitely
– will share some funny video about this bird … may be finish this trip
– 另一个摄鸟行到这。虽然这次等蛮久可是还是很不错。可是这次站台太高2位团友安全问题没上来。其他都拍的很好。
– 8公里来回。很值得，这么美的鸟。一定要来拍。
– 我拍到它们踩蛋的视频，可是很奇怪。母的在上。有机会再发。
update 202310
– 2nd trip to Halmahera 2023 and see you next week … never get bored to see it making noise and dance even the journey there bit challenge … I am coming
– 2023 第2团。多几天又可以见你。每次看你叫不停，跳不停终是兴奋不停。虽然来看你的路不好到。我来也。
update 202304
– lucky to see it display but not really full open view. capture video with 100p slowdown 50%
– 幸运的看到他在跳舞。可是没全露。可是还是记录下了。
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another special tour, which has main target of this Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise.
It is a real good experience to be Halmahera, we just spend 3 nights. We easily got ours’ targets seen.
This is our main target, on 2nd morning. We hike 3.7km straight to the “hide” (on the way, we heard owlet-nightjar which is my favorite bird but we failed to see the bird and also rushing to the hide for main target.
Arrived before 6am, while every still dark. We can heard many of them already calling infront of us but just very brief view. after 30minutes, finally we got clear view of this amazing beautiful bird. But I still only got some extreme high ISO picture even with my CANON RF400mm F2.8.
Long story short, the birds stay for long and from ISO 25600 – ISO800, Managed to have perfect view of the bird and pictures… oohh video too .
Immediate of this target, we walking out and birding. There is another very good story to talk about “pick up service for the Pitta”
– 非常不一样的一次特别目标鸟团。我们其实主要3 只鸟加最好看完可以看到的猫头鹰。可是，来到这么好的鸟点。我们几乎没浪费任何时间（天气太热，我们还是有2-3小时中午到房间休息）
– 这只天堂鸟是我们主要鸟。我们到了哈马黑拉岛后第二天早山立刻步行3.7公里到鸟点。在路中听了好几次鼻鸱可是我们只是停留很短时间。所以没看到。大概1.5小时后到达鸟点，还是很暗（6am)可是这鸟已在叫不停。我们还只是看到影子而已。过了30分钟。终于看到清楚了。大家都高兴了。可是，我还是用ISO25600 (还是用CANON RF 400mm F2.8) .可是很幸运，鸟留下来到天蛮亮的。终于看到拍到。
– 回程中，我们再次去看白胸八色鸫. 当地导游竟然让我们知道人是可以与动物共处的。之前他一直讲不用担心八色鸫，他们不在的话。他会去“接“它！让我有机会下次再写写那个故事（希望有时间，完了这团后又要很忙到9月了。
12. Lophorina superba, 华美极乐鸟, 華美天堂鳥, Lophorina superba, カタカケフウチョウ, Cendrawasih kerah
update 202508
It’s not a lifer for me, but watching this bird display openly—with such a unique courtship dance and even mating—definitely made my July 2025 unforgettable. Even with highlights like the dancing Western Parotia, displaying Black Sicklebill, close views of King Bird-of-paradise, a flying Twelve-wired BOP, and up-close Owlet-nightjars… this moment will stick with me forever.
这不是我第一次见到这只鸟，但它大方地展示求偶舞蹈甚至交配的那一刻，真的让我的2025年7月变得难忘。
尽管已经看到西极乐鸟的跳舞、黑镰嘴极乐鸟的展示、近距离的国王极乐鸟、飞翔的十二线极乐鸟，还有很多裸鼻鸱的近距离接触……但这一幕将永远留在我脑海中。
It’s truly a privilege to witness this amazing courtship display. We were lucky to see it many times and even managed to capture it in slow motion with new technology—something that would’ve been nearly impossible just a few years ago. Enjoy the moment!
能看到这种精彩的求偶展示真是一种特别的体验。我们这次有幸多次目睹，还用新技术拍下了慢动作画面——几年前连拍照都很难做到。一起欣赏吧！
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