Biology:Lupton's bird of paradise

Lupton's bird of paradise
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Genus:	Paradisaea
Species:	P. apoda × P. raggiana
Synonyms
Paradisaea apoda luptoni Lowe, 1923

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.

History

This hybrid is known from many adult male specimens taken from the Fly River region of southern New Guinea.

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.