Habitat

Distributed in upper montane and alpine forests, including forest edge (33 Frith, C. B., and D. W. Frith (1993). Nidification of the Crested Bird of Paradise Cnemophilus macgregorii and a review of its biology and systematics. Emu 93(1):23–33. Close ), secondary forest, disturbed vegetation, and shrubbery. Mainly observed in the midstory and lower story of the forest (8 Frith, C. B., and B. M. Beehler (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Paradisaeidae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Close ). Usually at the highest elevations, with records at 2,100‒3,650 m (34 Clapp, G. E. (1986). Birds of Mount Scratchley summit and environs: 3520 metres asl in south-eastern New Guinea. Muruk 1(3):75–84. Close , 14 Pratt, T. K., and B. M. Beehler (2015) Birds of New Guinea. Second edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. Close ), but more typically at 2,600‒3,500 m (8 Frith, C. B., and B. M. Beehler (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Paradisaeidae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Close , 15 Beehler, B. M., and T. K. Pratt (2016). Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. Close ).