Rothschild's lobe-billed bird-of-paradise (Loborhamphus nobilis), also known as the noble lobe-bill, is one of six enigmatic species of bird-of-paradise collected in Papua New Guinea for zoologist Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild. It is only known from the holotype.
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Corvoidea |
| Family: | Paradisaeidae |
| Hybrid: | Paradigalla carunculata × Lophorina superba |
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In 1930, it, along with the five other collected species, was considered by Erwin Stresemann to be a hybrid, presumptively between the long-tailed paradigalla and the superb bird-of-paradise, though doubts have been raised about the parentage.[1]
Notes edit
- ^ Fuller.
References edit
- Newton, Michael. "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology: A Global Guide." McFarland & Company, January 2005. ISBN 0-7864-2036-7.
- Fuller. "The Lost Birds of Paradise." Voyageur Press, January 1997. ISBN 1-85310-566-X.
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