Upon seeing Birds of Paradise, 19th Century English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace wrote that it was his greatest discovery yet. As comedian and actor Bill Bailey finds out, you have to be up pretty early to spot these magnificent creatures. Subscribe: bit.ly/BBCEarthSub #BirdsOfParadise #Birdwatching #Ornithology Watch more: Best of BBC Earth 🌍 bit.ly/BestOfBBCEarth Best Animal Fights 🥊 bit.ly/BestAnimalFights Videos over 10 minutes ⏰ bit.ly/3SHJCEJ Planet Earth III 🌍 bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIIPlaylist Frozen Planet II ❄️ https:/bit.ly/FrozenPlanetIIPlaylist Blue Planet II in 4k 🌊 bit.ly/BluePlanetII4kPlaylist Taken from 'Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero' (2013) Comedian Bill Bailey embarks on an exotic and thrilling journey to retrace the steps of one of the greatest unsung heroes of natural science and exploration - Alfred Wallace. This is the story of a brilliantly eccentric British explorer who survived man-eating tigers, head-huntin...