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
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Lophorina
Species:
L. minor
Binomial name
Lophorina minor
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.

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