Rothschild's bird of paradise

Rothschild's bird of paradise
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Genus:	Paradisaea
Species:	P. raggiana augustaevictoriae x P. minor finschi
Synonyms
Paradisaea mixta Rothschild, 1921^[1]

Rothschild's bird of paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a raggiana bird of paradise and lesser bird of paradise. It was named after British ornithologist Walter Rothschild.

History

At least four adult male specimens of this hybrid are known, and are held in the American Museum of Natural History, the British Natural History Museum and the Australian Museum. Although localities are lacking for three of them, one comes from 110 km south of Madang in north-eastern New Guinea.^[2]

Notes

↑ Rothschild (1921).
↑ Frith & Beehler (1998), pp.505-506.

References

Frith, Clifford B.; & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9.
Rothschild, Lord, W. (1921). "On Paradisaea apoda granti and Paradisaea mixta n. sp.". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 41: 127.

Birds-of-paradise (family: Paradisaeidae)

Genera and species

Genus	Species

Lycocorax	Paradise-crow

Manucodia	Glossy-mantled manucode Jobi manucode Crinkle-collared manucode Curl-crested manucode Trumpet manucode

Paradigalla	Long-tailed paradigalla Short-tailed paradigalla

Astrapia	Arfak astrapia Splendid astrapia Ribbon-tailed astrapia Princess Stephanie's astrapia Huon astrapia

Parotia	Western parotia Queen Carola's parotia Bronze parotia Lawes's parotia Eastern parotia Wahnes's parotia

Pteridophora	King of Saxony bird-of-paradise

Lophorina	Superb bird-of-paradise

Ptiloris	Magnificent riflebird Growling riflebird Paradise riflebird Victoria's riflebird

Epimachus	Black sicklebill Brown sicklebill

Drepanornis	Black-billed sicklebill Pale-billed sicklebill

Cicinnurus	Magnificent bird-of-paradise Wilson's bird-of-paradise King bird-of-paradise

Semioptera	Standardwing

Seleucidis	Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise

Paradisaea	Lesser bird-of-paradise Greater bird-of-paradise Raggiana bird-of-paradise Goldie's bird-of-paradise Red bird-of-paradise Emperor bird-of-paradise Blue bird-of-paradise

Incomplete list of likely hybrid birds-of-paradise

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