Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Paradisaeidae | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Genus Paradisaea | |
Similar Rothschild's lobe‑billed bird of pa, Astrapian sicklebill, Duivenbode's riflebird, Barnes' astrapia, Bensbach's bird of paradise | ||
Lupton's bird of paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a greater bird of paradise and raggiana bird of paradise. It was described by Percy Lowe in 1923 as a subspecies of the greater bird of paradise, though he also noted the possibility of hybridisation.
History
This hybrid is known from many adult male specimens taken from the Fly River region of southern New Guinea.
References
Lupton's bird of paradise Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA