Maria’s Bird of Paradise | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Paradisea |
Species: | P. guilielmi x P. raggiana augustaevictoriae |
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Maria’s Bird of Paradise, also known as Frau Reichenow’s Bird of Paradise or Mrs Reichenow’s Bird of Paradise, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a presumptive hybrid between an Emperor Bird of Paradise and Raggiana Bird of Paradise. It was named for the wife of the describer, German ornithologist Anton Reichenow.
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Its measurements are largely intermediate between those of the parent taxa.[1]
It was named as a supposed new species in 1894 before being largely accepted as a hybrid in the early 20th century. At least six adult male and one female specimens are known, from Sattelberg and the Finisterre Range of the Huon Peninsula in north-eastern New Guinea. The specimens are held by the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Berlin Natural History Museum.[1]
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