False-lobed Astrapia

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False-lobed Astrapia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Species: Paradigalla carunculata

x Epimachus f. fastuosus
Synonyms

The False-lobed Astrapia, also known as the False-lobed Long-tail, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a presumed intergeneric hybrid between a Long-tailed Paradigalla and Black Sicklebill.

History

Only one adult male specimen is known of this hybrid, coming from the Vogelkop Peninsula of north-western New Guinea, and held in the American Museum of Natural History.[1]

Notes

  1. Frith & Beehler (1998), pp.509-510.

References

  • Frith, Clifford B.; & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9. 


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