Journal für Ornithologie

, Volume 137, Issue 4, pp 515–521 | Cite as

The unique type specimen of the bird of paradiseLophorina superba pseudoparotia Stresemann 1934 (Paradisaeidae): a hybrid ofLophorina superba xParotia carolae

  • Clifford B. Frith
  • Dawn W. Frith
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Abstract

The unique female-plumaged type specimen (Zoologisches Museum Berlin 49.296) of the Superb Bird of ParadiseLophorina superba pseudoparotia Stresemann 1934 is in fact a hybrid. It is the product of the first recorded hybridization betweenL. superba andParotia carolae (Paradisaeidae), and the first hybrid known to involve the latter species. Morphological and biometrical comparisons are presented to demonstrate that the hybrid individual is nearly perfectly intermediate between the putative parent species in colouring and dimensions, indicating that, like other recorded hybrid birds of paradise, it is a first generation cross.

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Animal Ecology Parent Species Type Specimen Unique Type Hybrid Individual 
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Zusammenfassung

Das einzigartige weibchenfarbene Typus-Exemplar der Kragenparadiesvogel-UnterartLophorina superba pseudoparotia (Stresemann 1934) im Zoologischen Museum Berlin (49.296) ist in Wirklichkeit ein Bastard. Es repräsentiert den ersten bekannten Fall einer Hybridisierung der beiden ArtenL. superba undParotia carolae (Paradisaeidae) und den ersten bekannten Bastard, der letztere Art einbezieht. Morphologische und biometrische Vergleichsdaten werden vorgelegt, um zu zeigen, daß das Hybrid-Individuum in seiner Färbung und seinen Körpermaßen eine nahezu perfekte Zwischenform zwischen den mutmaßlichen Elternarten darstellt; des deutet darauf hin, daß es sich — wie bei anderen Paradiesvogel-Hybriden — um einen Angehörigen der ersten Filialgeneration handelt.

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© Verlag der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft 1996

Authors and Affiliations

  • Clifford B. Frith
    • 1
  • Dawn W. Frith
    • 1
  1. 1.“Prionodura”MalandaAustralia

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