Rothschild's bird of paradise

Rothschild's bird of paradise
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Genus:	Paradisaea
Species:	P. raggiana augustaevictoriae x P. minor finschi
Synonyms
Paradisaea mixta Rothschild, 1921^[1]

Rothschild's bird of paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a raggiana bird of paradise and lesser bird of paradise. It was named after British ornithologist Walter Rothschild.

History

At least four adult male specimens of this hybrid are known, and are held in the American Museum of Natural History, the British Natural History Museum and the Australian Museum. Although localities are lacking for three of them, one comes from 110 km south of Madang in north-eastern New Guinea.^[2]

Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9.
Rothschild, Lord, W. (1921). "On Paradisaea apoda granti and Paradisaea mixta n. sp.". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 41: 127.

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

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