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Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise

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Hybrid bird
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Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Corvoidea
Family: Paradisaeidae
Hybrid: Diphyllodes magnificus × Cicinnurus regius
Synonyms
  • Cicinnurus lyogyrus Currie, 1900
  • Cicinnurus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1907


The lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise, also known as the lyre-tailed king, lonely little king or crimson bird-of-paradise, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a king bird-of-paradise and magnificent bird-of-paradise.

History

At least three adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, coming from an altitude of 1000 m in the Cyclops Mountains, near Humboldt Bay on the northern coast of New Guinea, as well as unknown localities.

Notes

  1. Frith & Beehler (1998), p.507.
  2. Iredale (1950), pp.105–106.

References

  • Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9.
  • Iredale, Tom (1950). Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. Melbourne: Georgian House.
Birds-of-paradise (family: Paradisaeidae)
Genera and species
Genus
Species
Lycocorax
Manucodia
Paradigalla
Astrapia
Parotia
Pteridophora
Lophorina
Ptiloris
Epimachus
Drepanornis
Cicinnurus
Semioptera
Seleucidis
Paradisaea
Incomplete list of likely hybrid birds-of-paradise
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