False-lobed Astrapia
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False-lobed Astrapia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Species: | Paradigalla carunculata x Epimachus f. fastuosus |
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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
- ↑ 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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