Ruys' bird of paradise
Ruys' bird of paradise | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Species: | Cicinnurus m. magnificus x Paradisaea m. minor |
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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
- ↑ Frith & Beehler (1998), pp.518-519.
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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