Lesser lophorina

The lesser lophorina (Lophorina minor), also known as lesser superb bird-of-paradise or rasping bird-of-paradise, is a species of passerine bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae.

Lesser lophorina
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Genus:	Lophorina
Species:	L. minor
Binomial name
Lophorina minor Ramsay, EP, 1885
Synonyms
Lophorina superba sphinx Neumann, 1932 Lophorina superba lehunti Rothschild, 1932

It is endemic to the Bird's Tail Peninsula (Papua New Guinea). It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the superb bird-of-paradise, and elevated to species rank in 2017.^[2][3]

Male Lophorina minor.