BBC - Attenborough In Paradise (1996)

Index
Peter's DVD rating: 4.5 stars
508 ATT
0:15Disc 1 in New Guinea. Alfred Russel Wallace describes 7:20 Greater Bird of Paradise male "bows": head down 7:25 Greater Bird of Paradise female lets male strike her
8:00 Greater Bird of Paradise mating 9:00Male tries to court immature male 10:1016th century drawings; 200 years later; Wallace drawings: 12-wired, sicklebill
12:00 Black Sicklebill male 14:40 Black Sicklebill female 16:10 King of Saxony Bird of Paradise male long plumes calling, dancing, tries to mate with tuft of moss
18:50mating 20:10 Macgregor's Bird of Paradise male and female look the same - monogamous in poor environment 21:30 Superb Bird of Paradise male in lower altitudes with rich resources, sexual dimorphic
21:00 Superb Bird of Paradise female 23:10 Pheasant Pigeon trespasses on territory of 23:30 Wilson's Bird of Paradise male has blue bald head, clears stage for
25:15 Wilson's Bird of Paradise female (Batanta) 29:00 Arfak parrotia clears stage for dancing 31:13 Arfak parrotia female (Arfak mountains)
33:00 Flame Bowerbird hoard jewels in bowers, are polygamous 34:40 Macgregor's Bowerbird male decorates "maypole" with green lichen 36:00 Macgregor's Bowerbird female rears young by herself
36:40 Vogelkop Bowerbird male has no crest, but builds elaborate bower 40:55 Splendid Astrapia has glossy throats 41:20 Ribbon-tailed Astrapia male has long tails, but
41:40 Ribbon-tailed Astrapia female has short tails 42:00 King Bird of Paradise is acrobatic juggler: "the pendulum" 43:40 Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise mating ritual: quill flick, beak poke with
48:40 Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise female 49:30 Wallace's Standardwing males display in groups at dawn (Halmahera) 49:50 Wallace's Standardwing female
1:20Disc 2 in Australia. Western Bowerbird male constructs bower and dances for 2:40 Western Bowerbird female 3:30 Superb Lyrebird flaunts tail feathers
3:50 Tragopan has wattles 4:00 Guianan Cock-of-the-rock wears a cocked hat 6:15 Tooth-billed Bowerbird displays leaves with pale side up; stolen by neighbor; mimics songs of others; plays hide and seek with
6:35 Tooth-billed Bowerbird female 11:00In New Guinea. King of Saxony Bird of Paradise feathers collected by Archbold's Bowerbird male with yellow crest 12:40 Archbold's Bowerbird female
13:30 Macgregor's Bowerbird constructs elaborate "maypole" around fern; tries to be polygamist 17:30Andy Goldsworthy "environmental artist" 21:00In Australian rainforest: two maypoles
23:25 Golden Bowerbird male plays peekapoo with 24:30 Golden Bowerbird female 26:00Tree smashed 22-year-old bower; male builds another one
27:00In New Guinea mountains 27:25 Vogelkop Bowerbird bowers next to each other 30:10In Australia: simple "avenue" bower built by
30:50 Regent Bowerbird male with elaborate plumage 31:00 Regent Bowerbird female 33:30 Satin Bowerbird male builds taller avenue bower and paints by chewing leaves
35:35 Satin Bowerbird female; neighbor steals jewels 36:40In Australian desert: Western Bowerbird bower vandalized by rival 38:10 Great Bowerbird males build big avenue bower together in cemetery, army barracks, school yard
14:30The Song of the Earth Great Tit male territorial song 18:20 Superb Lyrebird mimics kookaburra, whistles, car alarm, chainsaw (Australia) 17:00 Indian Peafowl male displays for
17:30 Indian Peafowl female 18:20In Lake Kvismaren, Sweden 18:30 Great Reed Warbler male sings up to 45 different syllables
32:20In Sumatra jungle: Siamang Gibbon male territorial call, strengthen family bond; joined by 36:00 Siamang Gibbon female   
Paradisaea_apoda-male.jpg
7:20 Greater Bird of Paradise
Paradisaea_apoda-female.jpg
7:25 Greater Bird of Paradise
Paradisaea_apoda-mating.jpg
8:00 Greater Bird of Paradise
Epimachus_fastuosus-male.jpg
12:00 Black Sicklebill
Epimachus_fastuosus-female.jpg
14:40 Black Sicklebill
Pteridophora_alberti-male.jpg
16:10 King of Saxony Bird of Paradise
Macgregoria_pulchra.jpg
20:10 Macgregor's Bird of Paradise
Lophorina_superba-male.jpg
21:30 Superb Bird of Paradise
Lophorina_superba-female.jpg
21:00 Superb Bird of Paradise
Otidiphaps_nobilis.jpg
23:10 Pheasant Pigeon
Cicinnurus_respublica-male.jpg
23:30 Wilson's Bird of Paradise
Cicinnurus_respublica-female.jpg
25:15 Wilson's Bird of Paradise
Arfak_parrotia-male.jpg
29:00 Arfak parrotia
Arfak_parrotia-female.jpg
31:13 Arfak parrotia
Sericulus_aureus-male.jpg
33:00 Flame Bowerbird
Amblyornis_macgregoriae-male.jpg
34:40 Macgregor's Bowerbird
Amblyornis_macgregoriae-female.jpg
36:00 Macgregor's Bowerbird
Amblyornis_inornata-male.jpg
36:40 Vogelkop Bowerbird
Astrapia_splendidissima-male.jpg
40:55 Splendid Astrapia
Astrapia_mayeri-male.jpg
41:20 Ribbon-tailed Astrapia
Astrapia_mayeri-female.jpg
41:40 Ribbon-tailed Astrapia
Cicinnurus_regius-male.jpg
42:00 King Bird of Paradise
Seleucidis_melanoleucus-male.jpg
43:40 Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
Seleucidis_melanoleucus-female.jpg
48:40 Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
Semioptera_wallacii-male.jpg
49:30 Wallace's Standardwing
Semioptera_wallacii-female.jpg
49:50 Wallace's Standardwing
Chlamydera_guttata-male.jpg
1:20 Western Bowerbird
Chlamydera_guttata-female.jpg
2:40 Western Bowerbird
Menura_novaehollandiae-male.jpg
3:30 Superb Lyrebird
Phasianidae-male.jpg
3:50 Tragopan
Rupicola_upicola-male.jpg
4:00 Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
Scenopoeetes_dentirostris-male.jpg
6:15 Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Scenopoeetes_dentirostris-female.jpg
6:35 Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Archboldia_papuensis-male.jpg
11:00 Archbold's Bowerbird
Archboldia_papuensis-female.jpg
12:40 Archbold's Bowerbird
Amblyornis_macgregoriae-maypole.jpg
13:30 Macgregor's Bowerbird
Prionodura_newtoniana-male.jpg
23:25 Golden Bowerbird
Prionodura_newtoniana-female.jpg
24:30 Golden Bowerbird
Vogelkop_Bowerbird-bower.JPG
27:25 Vogelkop Bowerbird
Sericulus_chrysocephalus-male.jpg
30:50 Regent Bowerbird
Sericulus_chrysocephalus-female.jpg
31:00 Regent Bowerbird
Ptilonorhynchus_violaceus-male.jpg
33:30 Satin Bowerbird
Ptilonorhynchus_violaceus-female.jpg
35:35 Satin Bowerbird
Chlamydera_guttata-bower.jpg
36:40 Western Bowerbird
Chlamydera_nuchalis-male.jpg
38:10 Great Bowerbird
Parus_major-male.jpg
14:30 Great Tit
Menura_novaehollandiae-mimic.jpg
18:20 Superb Lyrebird
Pavo_cristatus-male.jpg
17:00 Indian Peafowl
Pavo_cristatus-female.jpg
17:30 Indian Peafowl
Acrocephalus_arundinaceus-male.jpg
18:30 Great Reed Warbler
Symphalangus_syndactylus-male.jpg
32:20 Siamang Gibbon
Symphalangus_syndactylus-female.jpg
36:00 Siamang Gibbon
   
Index Nov 05, 2010 copyleft Peter Chen