Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise
| Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Corvoidea |
| Family: | Paradisaeidae |
| Hybrid: | Diphyllodes magnificus × Cicinnurus regius |
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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
King of Holland's bird-of-paradise
The King of Holland's bird of paradise, also known as King William III's bird of paradise or the exquisite little king, is a bird in the family
king bird of paradise
.
History
At least 26 adult male specimens of this hybrid exist in various collections, including the
Adolf Bernard Meyer in 1875 and diagnosed as a hybrid by Jacques Berlioz
in 1927.
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.[1][2]
Notes
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.
