Biology:Lupton's bird-of-paradise
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Short description: Hybrid bird
Lupton's bird-of-paradise | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Paradisaea |
Species: | |
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Lupton's bird-of-paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a greater bird-of-paradise and raggiana bird-of-paradise. It was described by Percy Lowe in 1923 as a subspecies of the greater bird-of-paradise, though he also noted the possibility of hybridisation.[2]
History
This hybrid is known from many adult male specimens taken from the Fly River region of southern New Guinea.[2]
Notes
References
- Frith, Clifford B.; Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9.
- Lowe, P.R. (1923). "[Description of Paradisea apoda luptoni]". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 43: 10.
Wikidata ☰ Q6704827 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupton's bird-of-paradise.
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