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Crescent-caped lophorina
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The crescent-caped lophorina or Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina niedda), sometimes noted as the curl-caped bird-of-paradise,[2] is a species of the Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise) family. It is endemic to the Bird's Head Peninsula in New Guinea (Vogelkop in Dutch).[3] First described in 1930 by Ernst Mayr, it had been treated as a subspecies of the superb bird-of-paradise but was elevated to the status of a full species in 2017,[2] and reinforced in 2018 based on its striking black plumage (its feathers absorb 99.95 percent of light)[4] and behavioral differences, especially visible in the courting male.[3][5]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Lophorina |
Species: | L. niedda |
Binomial name | |
Lophorina niedda Mayr, 1930 | |
Synonyms | |
Lophorina superba niedda[1] |