Kingdom Animalia Family Paradisaeidae Genus Paradisaea | Class Aves Phylum Chordata Order Passerine | |
Species P. raggiana salvadorii
x P. rudolphi margaritae Similar Astrapian sicklebill, Rothschild's lobe‑billed bird of pa, Bensbach's bird of paradise, Duivenbode's riflebird, King of Holland's bird of pa | ||
Blood's bird of paradise, also known as Captain Blood's bird of paradise, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a raggiana bird of paradise and blue bird of paradise. It is named after Captain N.B. Blood who obtained the specimen through his travels in the East.
History
Only one specimen, an adult male, of this hybrid is known. It comes from the Mount Hagen area in Papua New Guinea and is held in the Australian Museum in Sydney.
References
Blood's bird of paradise Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA