Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise

Lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Superfamily:	Corvoidea
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Hybrid:	Diphyllodes magnificus × Cicinnurus regius
Synonyms
	Cicinnurus lyogyrus Currie, 1900; Cicinnurus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1907;

The lyre-tailed king bird-of-paradise, also known as the lyre-tailed king, lonely little king or crimson bird-of-paradise, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a king bird-of-paradise and magnificent bird-of-paradise.

History

At least three adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, coming from an altitude of 1000 m in the Cyclops Mountains, near Humboldt Bay on the northern coast of New Guinea, as well as unknown localities.^[1]^[2]

Notes

^ Frith & Beehler (1998), p.507.
^ Iredale (1950), pp.105–106.

References

Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9.
Iredale, Tom (1950). Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. Melbourne: Georgian House.

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[1] Frith & Beehler (1998), p.507.

[2] Iredale (1950), pp.105–106.

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