Lesser Lophorina
Lophorina minorRamsay, EP, 1885
English (US) Lesser Lophorina
The Lesser Lophorina (Lophorina minor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Papua New Guinea (mountains of the Papuan Peninsula, west at least to the Wharton Range)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lophorina minor
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lesser Lophorina
- Described by
- Ramsay, EP, 1885
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lophorina superba minor
- Described by
- Ramsay, EP, 1885
- Type locality
- Astrolabe Mountains.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10 p.242-243
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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