Goura victoria This bird is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Photo taken in the ‘Rainforest Habitat’, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
Beautiful – I didn’t make it to the habitat when I was in Lae, so thanks for the insight!
Yes, it’s pretty small, but worth a visit.
It’s a sad story that the government sold it off because “they couldn’t afford to maintain it”. Now you have bird pens with sponsorship logos from mining & logging companies hanging on the outside – the very people responsible for destroying their habitat.
I put the “couldn’t afford” it part in quotation marks because the PNG government would have a lot more money to spend if so much wasn’t squandered in corruption.
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Wow! Fantastic capture! What a bird :)
Take a look at: http://www.redbubble.com/endangered-species
Thanks so much, I’ll add it to the group.
– Erland Howden
Beautiful – I didn’t make it to the habitat when I was in Lae, so thanks for the insight!
Yes, it’s pretty small, but worth a visit.
It’s a sad story that the government sold it off because “they couldn’t afford to maintain it”. Now you have bird pens with sponsorship logos from mining & logging companies hanging on the outside – the very people responsible for destroying their habitat.
I put the “couldn’t afford” it part in quotation marks because the PNG government would have a lot more money to spend if so much wasn’t squandered in corruption.
Thanks for the comment.
– Erland Howden
What a gorgeous creature – great shot !