Blood's bird of paradise

Blood's bird of paradise
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Genus:	Paradisaea
Species:	P. raggiana salvadorii x P. rudolphi margaritae
Synonyms
Paradisaea bloodi Iredale, 1948^[1]

Blood's bird of paradise, also known as Captain Blood's bird of paradise, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a raggiana bird of paradise and blue bird of paradise. It is named after Captain N.B. Blood who obtained the specimen through his travels in the East.

History

Only one specimen, an adult male, of this hybrid is known. It comes from the Mount Hagen area in Papua New Guinea and is held in the Australian Museum in Sydney.^[2]

Notes

↑ Iredale (1948).
↑ Frith & Beehler (1998), p.505.

References

Frith, Clifford B.; & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9.
Iredale, Tom (1948). "A check list of the birds of paradise and bowerbirds". Australian Zoologist 11: 161–189.

Birds-of-paradise (family: Paradisaeidae)

Genera and species

Genus	Species

Lycocorax	Paradise-crow

Manucodia	Glossy-mantled manucode Jobi manucode Crinkle-collared manucode Curl-crested manucode Trumpet manucode

Paradigalla	Long-tailed paradigalla Short-tailed paradigalla

Astrapia	Arfak astrapia Splendid astrapia Ribbon-tailed astrapia Princess Stephanie's astrapia Huon astrapia

Parotia	Western parotia Queen Carola's parotia Bronze parotia Lawes's parotia Eastern parotia Wahnes's parotia

Pteridophora	King of Saxony bird-of-paradise

Lophorina	Superb bird-of-paradise

Ptiloris	Magnificent riflebird Growling riflebird Paradise riflebird Victoria's riflebird

Epimachus	Black sicklebill Brown sicklebill

Drepanornis	Black-billed sicklebill Pale-billed sicklebill

Cicinnurus	Magnificent bird-of-paradise Wilson's bird-of-paradise King bird-of-paradise

Semioptera	Standardwing

Seleucidis	Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise

Paradisaea	Lesser bird-of-paradise Greater bird-of-paradise Raggiana bird-of-paradise Goldie's bird-of-paradise Red bird-of-paradise Emperor bird-of-paradise Blue bird-of-paradise

Incomplete list of likely hybrid birds-of-paradise

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