Lesser lophorina

Lesser lophorina
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Genus:	Lophorina
Species:	L. minor
Binomial name
Lophorina minor Ramsay, EP, 1885
Synonyms
Lophorina superba sphinx Neumann, 1932 Lophorina superba lehunti Rothschild, 1932

The lesser lophorina (Lophorina minor), also known as lesser superb bird-of-paradise or rasping bird-of-paradise, is a species of passerine bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae.

It is endemic to the Bird's Tail Peninsula (Papua New Guinea). It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the superb bird-of-paradise, and elevated to species rank in 2017. ^{[2] [3]}

Male Lophorina minor.

References

1. BirdLife International (2020). "Lophorina minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T181524214A181564545. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181524214A181564545.en . Retrieved 1 February 2020.
2. Irestedt, Martin; Batalha-Filho, Henrique; Ericson, Per G. P.; Christidis, Les; Schodde, Richard (2017). "Phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomic consequences in a bird-of-paradise species complex, Lophorina–Ptiloris (Aves: Paradisaeidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (2): 439–470. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx004.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Crows, mudnesters, melampittas, Ifrit, birds-of-paradise". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 February 2022.