Vogelkop Superb Bird-Of-Paradise

In 2018, the crescent-caped lophorina became a full species after being treated like a superb bird-of-paradise species for years. The term lophorina refers to the bird’s crest-nose/tuft. At a glance, the bird looks somewhat ordinary except for when it lifts its cape-like feathers behind its head, transforming into a strange-looking animal with blue accents.

Like most animal species, it’s the males that possess this unique trait, and it’s all a show they put on to attract the females. Once they assume the visage, they dance around a female in a ritual that aims at courting them to choose a worthwhile mate.