Birds of Paradise: Discovering Arfak Parotia in West Papua Female feeding. Female. Pegunungan Arfak, West Papua, Indonesia I first encountered the Arfak Parotia or Western Parotia in the highland of Arfak mountain in West Papua. There are two types of hides in Arfak for the Western Parotia , mating hide and feeding hide. The mating hide is where they mate, and... Continue Reading →