Wilson's bird-of-paradise is a species of passerine bird of the family Paradisaeidae. The first footage of the Wilson's bird-of-paradise ever to be filmed was recorded in 1996 by David Attenborough for the BBC documentary Attenborough in Paradise. Birds-of-paradise transcend other birds, having such beautiful plumage and spectacular displays of courtship, and Wilson’s bird-of-paradise is no exception to this. Their fabulous colors and fantastic trailing plumes lead to incredible stories about their origins and habits. Males are easily distinguished by their brilliant turquoise skin at the back of their head, criss-crossed with lines of fine black velvety feathers that have a sheen of coppery-bronze iridescence. Females are much less ornately decorated than males, and the bare skin on their head is a much less brilliant lilac-blue. Females have reddish-brown to olive upperparts, brown wings and underparts of a buff color, with narrow uniform bars of brown-black. They do not have the spiral tail feathers that males have. The lifespan of this species is unknown, but birds-of-paradise live 5-8 years in the wild and up to 30 years in captivity.

Scientific name: Cicinnurus respublica