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Maria's bird-of-paradise
Hybrid bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maria's bird-of-paradise, also known as Frau Reichenow's bird-of-paradise or Mrs. Reichenow's bird-of-paradise, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a presumptive hybrid species between an emperor bird-of-paradise and raggiana bird-of-paradise. It was named for the wife of the describer, German ornithologist Anton Reichenow.
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Description
Its measurements are largely intermediate between those of the parent taxa.[1]
History
It was named as a supposed new species in 1894 before being largely accepted as a hybrid in the early 20th century. At least six adult male and one female specimens are known, from Sattelberg and the Finisterre Range of the Huon Peninsula in north-eastern New Guinea. The specimens are held by the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Berlin Natural History Museum.[1] In 2018, another male specimen was described from the State Natural History Museum, Braunschweig, Germany.[2]
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