Lophorina superba [latipennis, feminina, addenda] (Greater Superb Bird-of-paradise [latipennis, feminina or addenda])

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Greater Superb Bird-of-paradise [latipennis, feminina or addenda]

Lophorina superba [latipennis, feminina, addenda] (= Lophorina superba latipennis) Rothschild, LW 1907

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Paradisaeidae
Genus:
   Lophorina
Scientific:
  Lophorina superba latipennis

Original description

Citation:
Rothschild, LW 1907

Reference:
Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 19 p.92

Protonym:
Lophorina minor latipennis

Type locality:
Rawlinson Mountains.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100946#page/516/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
0B08DF8F0B60A3F3

Avibase ID:
avibase-0B08DF8F

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0B08DF8F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 922254

Geographic range:

Lophorina superba feminina: montane western New Guinea, from the Kobowre Mountains (West Papua, Indonesia) to the Sepik-Strickland River Divide (western Papua New Guinea)
Lophorina superba addenda: eastern ranges of New Guinea, from the Yuat-Strickland River Divide and the base of the southeastern Peninsula, Papua New Guinea
Lophorina superba [latipennis, feminina, addenda]: montane west-central, east-central, and northeastern New Guinea
Lophorina superba latipennis: eastern New Guinea (mountains of the Huon Peninsula, and presumably also the Herzog and Adelbert Ranges)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Greater Superb Bird-of-paradise [latipennis, feminina or addenda]
French:
Paradisier superbe [latipennis, feminina ou addenda]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Greater Superb Bird-of-paradise [latipennis, feminina or addenda] ( Lophorina superba [latipennis, feminina, addenda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Greater Superb Bird-of-paradise [feminina, addenda or latipennis] ( Lophorina superba [feminina, addenda or latipennis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Greater Superb Bird-of-paradise [latipennis, feminina or addenda] ( Lophorina superba [latipennis, feminina, addenda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Greater Superb Bird-of-paradise [feminina, addenda or latipennis] ( Lophorina superba [feminina, addenda or latipennis])
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Central Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina feminina) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Central Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina feminina) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Central Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina feminina) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Central Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina latipennis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Central Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina latipennis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Central Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina latipennis) [version 3]
Clements, version 2024: Greater Lophorina ( Lophorina latipennis) [version 3]
eBird version 2024: Greater Lophorina ( Lophorina latipennis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Greater Lophorina ( Lophorina latipennis) [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Lophorina superba

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