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==History== |
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Three adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in the [[American Museum of Natural History]], [[Naturalis Biodiversity Center|Royal Natural History Museum of the Netherlands]], and the [[State Museum of Zoology, Dresden]]. Two of the specimens come from the [[Arfak Mountains]] of north-western [[New Guinea]], while the other is of unknown provenance. The bird was named as a species by [[Adolf Bernhard Meyer]] in 1894 after |
Three adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in the [[American Museum of Natural History]], [[Naturalis Biodiversity Center|Royal Natural History Museum of the Netherlands]], and the [[State Museum of Zoology, Dresden]]. Two of the specimens come from the [[Arfak Mountains]] of north-western [[New Guinea]], while the other is of unknown provenance. The bird was named as a species by [[Adolf Bernhard Meyer]] in 1894 after Wilhelmina, his wife who joined him during his travels in 1870-1872.<ref>{{aut|A.B. Meyer}}, 1894. ''Neue Vögel aus den ostindischen Archipel''. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königl. Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Etnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 2. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33470803 p.4]</ref> |
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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: | Lophorina superba × Cicinnurus magnificus |
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Wilhelmina's bird-of-paradise, also known as Wilhelmina's riflebird, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid between a greater lophorina and magnificent bird-of-paradise.
History
Three adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in the American Museum of Natural History, Royal Natural History Museum of the Netherlands, and the State Museum of Zoology, Dresden. Two of the specimens come from the Arfak Mountains of north-western New Guinea, while the other is of unknown provenance. The bird was named as a species by Adolf Bernhard Meyer in 1894 after Wilhelmina, his wife who joined him during his travels in 1870-1872.[1]
Notes
References
- 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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