Queen Carola's Parotia
Parotia carolaeMeyer, AB, 1894
English (US) Queen Carola's Parotia
The Queen Carola's Parotia (Parotia carolae) 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
- Parotia carolae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Queen Carola's Parotia
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1894
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Parotia carolae carolae
- Parotia carolae chalcothorax
- Parotia carolae meeki
- Parotia carolae chrysenia
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1894
- Type locality
- Amberno River [but apparently from the Weyland Mts.].
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 4, no.21 p.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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