Vogelkop Lophorina
Lophorina superba(Pennant, T, 1781)
English (US) Vogelkop Lophorina
The Vogelkop Lophorina (Lophorina superba) 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.
- Scientific name
- Lophorina superba
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vogelkop Lophorina
- Described by
- (Pennant, T, 1781)
No guides listed yet for Vogelkop Lophorina
Be the first expert to offer guided tours for this species.
Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Lophorina superba superba
- Lophorina superba niedda
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Paradisea Superba
- Described by
- (Pennant, T, 1781)
- Type locality
- New Guinea. (Based on Martinet's pl. 632 in Buffon's les Planches enluminées).
- Original description
- Indische Zoologie oder systematischer Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien (etc.) p.40
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Birds-of-paradise
Lawes's Parotia
Parotia lawesii
Eastern Parotia
Parotia helenae
Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise
Seleucidis melanoleucus
Pale-billed Sicklebill
Drepanornis bruijnii
Black-billed Sicklebill
Drepanornis albertisi
Standardwing
Semioptera wallacii
Greater Lophorina
Lophorina latipennis
Lesser Lophorina
Lophorina minor
Paradise Riflebird
Ptiloris paradiseus
Victoria's Riflebird
Ptiloris victoriae
Magnificent Riflebird
Ptiloris magnificus
Growling Riflebird
Ptiloris intercedens
Looking for a different species?