Loria's satinbird
Loria's satinbird or velvet satinbird (formerly known as Loria's bird-of-paradise) (Cnemophilus loriae) is a species of bird in the family Cnemophilidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cnemophilidae |
| Genus: | Cnemophilus |
| Species: | C. loriae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemophilus loriae (Salvadori, 1894) | |
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Italian ethnographer Lamberto Loria.[2]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Cnemophilus loriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 212.
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