Mantou's riflebird

Mantou's riflebird
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Superfamily:	Corvoidea
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Hybrid:	Seleucidis melanoleuca × Ptiloris magnificus
Synonyms
	Craspedophora mantoui Oustalet, 1891; Heteroptilorhis mantoui Sharpe, 1898; Craspedophora bruyni Büttikofer, 1895;

Mantou's riflebird, also known as Bruijn's riflebird, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid between a twelve-wired bird-of-paradise and magnificent riflebird.

History

At least 12 adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in various museums and of unknown provenance except one from the Arfak Mountains of north-western New Guinea.^[1]

Notes

^ Frith & Beehler (1998), pp.517-518.

References

Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9.

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[1] Frith & Beehler (1998), pp.517-518.

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