Ruys's Bird-of-paradise

Ruys's bird-of-paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid between a magnificent bird-of-paradise and lesser bird-of-paradise, an identity since confirmed by DNA analysis.

History

Only one adult male specimen is known of this hybrid; it is held in the Netherlands Natural History Museum in Leiden, and comes from near Warsembo, on the west coast of Geelvink Bay, in north-western New Guinea.Frith & Beehler (1998), pp.518-519.

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Hybrid birds of paradise
Birds of West Papua
Intergeneric hybrids

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