Tim Laman / Black Sicklebill Bird of Paradise (Epimachus fastuosus) male feeding on fruits of Shefflera tree. New Guinea

David Tipling / Performer from Jiwaka tribe Western Highlands at Mt Hagen show. Head dress has Blue Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) and Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastosus) feathers. Western Highlands, Papua...

Tim Laman / Western Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia sefilata) adult male at its display court, performing ballerina dance. Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) adult male performing upright wing pose display. Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island, Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) adult male perched in the canopy. Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island, Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) adult male performing upright wing pose display at lek. Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Black Sicklebill Bird of Paradise (Epimachus fastuosus) male perched on his display pole, New Guinea

Tim Laman / Western Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia sefilata) male at its display court, performing ballerina dance. Indonesia

Eric Baccega / Lesser bird of paradise {Paradisaea minor} PNG, Indonesia

Eric Baccega / Greater bird of paradise {Paradisaea apoda / major} perched in rainforest, Bali, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Photographer Tim Laman with laptop shooting in live view mode from his canopy blind, controlling a camera in a different tree with a wide angle view of the Greater Bird of Paradise display site, New G...

Tim Laman / Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) displaying to a female on canopy lek display site, Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.