Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Higher classification Bird-of-paradise | Phylum Chordata Family Paradisaeidae Rank Hybrid | |
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Species Parotia sefilata
x Lophorina superba Scientific name Parotia sefilata x Lophorina superba Similar Bird‑of‑paradise, Bird, Lawes's parotia, Wahnes's parotia, Western parotia | ||
The Duivenbode's six-wired bird of paradise, also known as Duivenbode's six-plumed bird of paradise, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is an intergeneric hybrid between a western parotia and superb bird of paradise. The common name commemorates Maarten Dirk van Renesse van Duivenbode (1804-1878), Dutch trader of naturalia on Ternate.
History
Two adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, coming from the Geelvink Bay region of north-western New Guinea, and held in the American Museum of Natural History and the French Natural History Museum.
References
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