Mantou's riflebird, also known as Bruijn's riflebird, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid between a twelve-wired bird-of-paradise and magnificent riflebird.
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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: | Seleucidis melanoleuca × Ptiloris magnificus |
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History
editAt least 12 adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in various museums and of unknown provenance except one from the Arfak Mountains of north-western New Guinea.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ Frith & Beehler (1998), pp.517-518.
References
edit- Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9.
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