Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise

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Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Corvoidea
Family: Paradisaeidae
Hybrid: Diphyllodes magnificus × Cicinnurus regius
Synonyms
  • Cicinnurus lyogyrusCurrie, 1900
  • Cicinnurus goodfellowiOgilvie-Grant, 1907

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.

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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.

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