Biology:Lophorina
| Lophorina | |
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| Lesser lophorina (Lophorina minor) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradisaeidae |
| Genus: | Lophorina Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Paradisea superba (greater lophorina) Pennant, 1781
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Lophorina is a genus of birds in the birds-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae that are endemic to New Guinea, formerly containing a single species, but as of 2017, containing three species.[1]
Description
All members sport a jet-black to black body found only in males, while their female counterparts sport brown upperparts (shade depends on the species) with barred underparts; they have a relatively long to shortish, slender, crow-like bill, and various ornaments. All three species have a distinctive cape found on the nape that they push forward, an iridescent blue-green crown, and an iridescent blue-greenish breast shield that appears to be "smiling" (L. superba) and "frowning" (L. niedda) that the males use to court females. When it comes to the courtship of the female lophorina, males tend to start crouching, showing a repeated display of their breast shield and an exaggerated downward movement to show their crown to the female. During a high intensity display, the male will also fan his nape cape, forming a semi-circle overhead, and around breast shield, all while hopping around the female.[2][3][4] When in full display, the birds look like an otherworldly cartoon character with a fully black face, blue eyes, and blue mouth as they try their best to hop and dance around a potential mate.
Taxonomy
The genus Lophorina was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot for a single species, the greater lophorina. This is now the type species.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
- Greater lophorina (Lophorina superba)
- Crescent-caped lophorina (Lophorina niedda)
- Lesser lophorina (Lophorina minor)
See also
References
- ↑ Irestedt, Martin; Batalha-Filho, Henrique; Ericson, Per G. P.; Christidis, Les; Schodde, Richard (2017). "Phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomic consequences in a bird-of-paradise species complex, Lophorina–Ptiloris (Aves: Paradisaeidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181 (2): 439–470. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx004.
- ↑ Rimlinger, David; Theule, Jessica; Bass, Kelly (2021). "Breeding history and husbandry of the Superb Bird‐of‐paradise (Lophorina superba)". Zoo Biology 40 (5): 485–490. doi:10.1002/zoo.21627. ISSN 0733-3188. PMID 34170023.
- ↑ Scholes, Edwin; G. Laman, Timothy (2018). "Distinctive Courtship Phenotype of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise Lophorina Niedda Mayr, 1930 Confirms New Species Status". PeerJ 6: e4621. doi:10.7717/peerj.4621. PMID 29682415. PMC 5907773. https://peerj.com/articles/4621.pdf.
- ↑ Theule, Jessica; Rimlinger, David (2022). "Artificial incubation and hand‐rearing of Superb Bird‐of‐paradise (Lophorina superba)" (in en). Zoo Biology 41 (6): 588–594. doi:10.1002/zoo.21685. ISSN 0733-3188. PMID 35098574. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zoo.21685.
Wikidata ☰ Q52389811 entry
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