Lyre-tailed King Bird of Paradise
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The Lyre-tailed King Bird of Paradise, also known as the Lyre-tailed King, Lonely Little King or Crimson Bird of Paradise, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a King Bird of Paradise
and Magnificent Bird of Paradise
.
, near Humboldt Bay on the northern coast of New Guinea
, as well as unknown localities.
King Bird of Paradise
The King Bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus regius is a small, approximately 16 cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is a crimson and white with bright blue feet and green-tipped fan-like plumes on its shoulder. The two elongated tail wires are decorated with emerald green...
and Magnificent Bird of Paradise
Magnificent Bird of Paradise
The Magnificent Bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus magnificus is a small, up to 26 cm-long, bird-of-paradise with extremely complex plumage. The male has seemingly incandescent yellow wings, an iridescent-green breast shield, blue feet, and is adorned with a yellow mantle on its neck. It has two...
.
History
At least three adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, coming from an altitude of 1000 m in the Cyclops MountainsCyclops Mountains
The Cyclops Mountains are located to the west of Jayapura in Papua, Indonesia, and north of Lake Sentani.In Papua, it is also known as Dafonsoro or Dabonsolo mountain, and is namesake for football club Persidafon.-History:...
, near Humboldt Bay on the northern coast of New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
, as well as unknown localities.