Birds of paradise are generally crow-like in general body-form, and, indeed, are the sister group to crows and jays. Birds-of-paradise range in size from the King Bird-of-paradise at 1.8 oz and 5.9 in to the Curl-crested Manucode at 17 in and 15 oz. The male Black Sicklebill, with its long tail, is the longest species at 43 in. In most species, the tails of the males are larger and longer than the female, the differences ranging from slight to extreme. The wings are rounded and in some species structurally modified on the males in order to make sound. There is considerable variation in the family with regard to bill shape. Bills may be long and decurved, as in the sicklebills and riflebirds, or small and slim like the Astrapias. As with body size bill size varies between the sexes, although species where the females have larger bills than the male are more common, particularly in the insect eating species
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