Lesser lophorina

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

Lesser lophorina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Lophorina
Species:
L. minor
Binomial name
Lophorina minor

It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the superb bird-of-paradise.[2]

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. 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.


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