I’ve been fascinated with bird-of-paradise my whole life and it all started with me as a kid cutting out the images of the bird-of-paradise in my great-grandmothers dictionary. Bird-of-paradise have influenced my choices life and shaped the path I’ve taken. I have been fortunate to experience several species in their natural habitat in PNG and Australia. I’ve worked intensively with bird-of-paradise in ex-situ programmes, and I’ve reared and trained the Aru Island greater bird-of-paradise that silenced David Attenborough and I’m the co-coordinator of the king bird-of-paradise breeding programme. I wish for more people to be positively impacted by the splendour and finesse of bird-of-paradise and for that they must be allowed to thrive in nature.
It is vital that we protect the Earth’s wild places, especially the rainforests of Indonesia, their incredible birds of paradise, and all of their irreplaceable biodiversity. Thank you to EcoNusa