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Duivenbode's riflebird

Hybrid bird

Duivenbode's riflebird
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Superfamily:	Corvoidea
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Hybrid:	Ptiloris magnificus intercedens × Lophorina superba minor
Synonyms
Paryphephorus (Craspedophora) duivenbodei Meyer, 1890

Duivenbode's riflebird is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a presumed intergeneric hybrid between a magnificent riflebird and lesser lophorina. The common name commemorates Maarten Dirk van Renesse van Duivenbode (1804-1878), Dutch trader of naturalia on Ternate.

History[edit]

Three adult male specimens are recorded of this hybrid: one each in the American Museum of Natural History and British Natural History Museum; the third type specimen in the Dresden Natural History Museum was destroyed in World War II. They derive from the area inland of Yule Island in south-eastern New Guinea, not far from Port Moresby.^[1][2]

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References[edit]

• 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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