been recorded as 18 days in the wild and 20 days in captivity. As in all polygamous birds-of-paradise, the female alone assumes all incubation duties. Status and conservation Widespread and common throughout the tropical forests of eastern New Guinea, the Raggiana bird-of-paradise is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES. Even though the plumes of this species are heavily cropped by natives for ceremonial headdresses, the practice is not a threat to their long-term survival. References Les Beletsky. Bird songs from around the world. External links BirdLife Species Factsheet Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) videos and photos at the Internet Bird Collection Paradisaea Birds of Papua New Guinea Birds described in 1873 Taxa named by Philip Sclater National symbols of Papua New Guinea