Ruys' Bird of Paradise

Ruys' Bird of Paradise
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Species: Cicinnurus m. magnificus
x Paradisaea m. minor
Synonyms

Ruys' Bird of Paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid between a Magnificent Bird of Paradise and Lesser Bird of Paradise.

History

Only one adult male specimen is known of this hybrid; it is held in the Netherlands Natural History Museum in Leiden, and comes from near Warsembo, on the west coast of Geelvink Bay, in north-western New Guinea.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Frith & Beehler (1998), pp.518-519.

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