Velvet Black Coat Combining With An Iridescent Blue Scarf, The Magnificent Riflebird Becomes The Star This Season

Oddly enough, while the birds-of-paradise family (Paradisaeidae) is revered the world over for its otherworldly beauty, not a whole lot is known about them. It doesn't help that most of these birds are hidden away in some of the most remote and dense rainforests in the world, but a team from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is determined to change that.