CENDERAWASIH (BIRD OF PARADISE)

Bird's of Paradise

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The story begins when there is an old folk secret book
called Tajul Muluk describe about a bird called Burung Cenderawasih. 
The bird was born in paradise. Many of the eldest said, cenderawasih 
came from paradise and always found sitting beside pious.

There was also mentioned in other Malay old books, when cenderawasih 
came down to earth, its life will end.  However, the strange and interesting 
about this bird is the body of cenderawasih will not degrade. It is because it was 
said that the bird only drink water in the paradise. Moreover it has very tremendous 
fragrance and we cannot say it in word. Cenderawasih died because of many reasons. 
They sometimes died while flying, while at rest or while  sleeping.

From our research, this bird is commonly known as Burung Cenderawasih in this 
region or Asean country. For Chinese people the bird commonly call as 
Phoenix Bird which always relationship with China Emperor. 

In Europe, the bird is popularly known as 'Bird of Paradise'. Where this bird 
actually comes from is  still remain unknown  until now. There is no evidence 
that this bird comes from paradise.  Many of the birds are still with their 
keeper which are kept throughout generations.

In the book of Tajul Muluk, burung cenderawasih was said to have various 
advantages.Most of the body parts are used in traditional medicine. 
Many people use the bird because they believe it can bring good luck for 
their own use or for business. Burung cenderawasih is used as 'pelaris' 
(for good fortune). Most people who has been interviewed told us that 
the tail of the burung cenderawasih brought luck to their life. However, 
the reality about burung cenderawasih is the bird remain a mystery.

Article from wikipedia. 

The genus Paradisaea consists of seven species of birds-of-paradise (family Paradisaeidae). The genus is found on the island of New Guinea as well as the nearby islands groups of the Aru Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands and West Papua Islands. The species inhabit a range of forest types from sea level to mid-montane forests. Several species have highly restricted distributions, and all species have disjunct distributions.^[1] A 2009 study examining the mitochondrial DNA of the family found that the Paradisaea birds-of-paradise were in a clade with the genus Cicinnurus. It showed that the Blue Bird-of-paradise was a sister taxon to all the other species in this genus.^[2]
All are large, and sexually dimorphic. The plumage of the males includes characteristic grossly elongated flank plumes (which emerge from beneath the wings and strictly speaking are flank plumes pectoral plumes), and a pair of wire-like feathers emerging from the end of the tail. The flank plumes are used during breeding displays.^[1]

Species

• Lesser Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor
• Greater Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea apoda
• Raggiana Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea raggiana
• Goldie's Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea decora
• Red Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra
• Emperor Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea guilielmi
• Blue Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rudolphi