Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Higher classification Bird-of-paradise | Phylum Chordata Family Paradisaeidae Rank Hybrid | |
Species Paradigalla carunculata
x Epimachus f. fastuosus Scientific name Paradigalla carunculata x Epimachus f. fastuosus Similar Astrapian sicklebill, Duivenbode's riflebird, Rothschild's lobe‑billed bird of pa, Barnes' astrapia, Bensbach's bird of paradise | ||
The false-lobed astrapia, also known as the false-lobed long-tail, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a presumed intergeneric hybrid between a long-tailed paradigalla and black sicklebill. Another interpretation that has been put forward is that the only known specimen is an immature Elliot's Bird of Paradise.
History
Only one adult male specimen is known of this hybrid, coming from the Vogelkop Peninsula of north-western New Guinea, and held in the American Museum of Natural History.
References
False-lobed astrapia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA