Duivenbode's Bird of Paradise

Duivenbode's Bird of Paradise
Duivenbode’s Bird of Paradise
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Paradisaea
Species: P. guilielmi
x P. minor finschi
Synonyms
  • Paradisea duivenbodei

Duivenbode’s Bird of Paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between the Emperor Bird of Paradise and Lesser Bird of Paradise.

History

It is known from a single adult male specimen held in the National Natural History Museum in Paris. Its provenance is uncertain; it is said to come from an island in Geelvink Bay, western New Guinea, but was probably purchased as a trade skin there and is more likely to have derived ultimately from the Huon Peninsula of north-eastern New Guinea where the Emperor Bird of Paradise is found.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Frith & Beehler (1998), pp.504-505.

References

  • Frith, Clifford B.; & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198548539.