Where can a few kinds of birds of paradise be found?

Birds of paradise have brighter colors than any other birds in the world. With their gay colors, it would be difficult to guess that they are cousins of the common crow. However, only the male birds of paradise have bright color. Feathers of the female are very dull. More than 30 different kinds of birds of paradise live mostly in the hot, rainy forests of New Guinea. And a few kinds are found in Australia. As long as 500 years ago, the skins of these birds were used in trading in the East Indies. Before their skins were used, their feet were always cut off. This made us think that the birds never had feet. There was a popular story that is beautiful creatures were not able to stop flying until they died. One scientist even gave them a name which means "without feet. "