Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise

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.

Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Paradisaeidae
Genus:
Cicinnurus
Species:
C. regius x D. magnificus
Synonyms
  • Cicinnurus lyogyrus Currie, 1900
  • Cicinnurus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1907

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
  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.


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