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.
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
The greater lophorina (''Lophorina superba''), also known as superb bird-of-paradise or greater superb bird-of-paradise, is a species of the Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise) family. It was considered the sole species in the genus until in 2017 i ...
, and elevated to species rank in 2017.
References
Lesser lophorina
Birds of the Papuan Peninsula
Lesser lophorina
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