Ding Lingwei

Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)

I believe this is actually a raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana), not lesser. The lesser birds of paradise reside in the same exhibit as the pesquet's parrot. Great shot though!
 
It looks like this individual has a bald breast. I have seen this with other
Paradisaea species, is feather loss common with captive Birds of paradise? And has anyone seen it in other collections?
 
Yes, I’ve seen the entirety of P. raggiana kept at San Diego and Bronx (at the time I visited each, about 20 in total between the two), and there were no such problems. I’ve seen the species at several other zoos and again, did not see this problem there.
 

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Dallas World Aquarium
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Ding Lingwei
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Device
Canon Canon EOS 6D
Aperture
ƒ/4
Focal length
80.0 mm
Exposure time
1/60 second(s)
ISO
100
Flash
Off, did not fire
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IMG_5378.JPG
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1.2 MB
Date taken
Thu, 17 May 2018 5:36 PM
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3000px x 2000px

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