Search ADS Prum. 1990. The male begins his ballerina dance. Google Scholar. 2003. RO, Dyck. He makes some noises and looks around. Recent scientific research examines these mating displays and what they can tell us about the evolutionary process. [A male Western Parotia bird-of-paradise flies in and lands in the middle of his court, a cleared area on the forest floor. He bows, then spreads his feathers into what looks like a skirt, and shakes his head back and forth. Sexual selection through female choice in Lawes' Parotia, a lek-mating bird of paradise. Phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of display behaviour in the Neotropical manakins (Aves: Pipridae). Crossref. Google Scholar. RO. The Carola's Parotia (Parotia carolae), a bird of paradise, inhabits the densely forested middle elevations of the western two-thirds of New Guinea's mountainous interior (Frith and Beehler 1998). Ethology. 44: 486 – 501. 84: 202 – 231. Another bird, presumably a female, is heard flying in off-camera. Jun 3, 2020 - A male Western Parotia, a member of Bird of Paradise family, dances well enough to earn a "like" from a female judge perched above him. (A) A female Western parotia, a ... Our analysis of the feather reflectance suggests that the mating displays of Lawes’ parotia have the potential to be tuned to the spectral properties of the observing females’ visual system (Fig. J. Crossref. Evolution. Search ADS Prum. Visibility in the dancing ritual and spectral tuning.