Biology:Loria's satinbird

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Short description: Species of bird

Loria's satinbird
Cnemophilus loriae.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cnemophilidae
Genus: Cnemophilus
Species:
C. loriae
Binomial name
Cnemophilus loriae
(Salvadori, 1895)

Loria's satinbird or velvet satinbird (Cnemophilus loriae), formerly known as Loria's bird-of-paradise, is a species of bird in the family Cnemophilidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Italian ethnographer Lamberto Loria.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Cnemophilus loriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22706100A130409204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22706100A130409204.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22706100/130409204. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 212. 

Wikidata ☰ Q651925 entry