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Greater, Vogelkop or Lesser Superb Bird-of-paradise

Lophorina [superba, niedda or minor] (= Lophorina superba) (Pennant, T 1781)

The greater lophorina, 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 it was recognised that there were three species. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Pennant, T 1781)

Reference:
   Indische Zool.

Protonym:
  Paradisea Superba

Link:
  https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN600894029?tify={%22pages%22:[56],%22panX%22:0.643,%22panY%22:0.694,%22view%22:%22toc%22,%22zoom%22:1.909}

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D59AFCC3B0910BF6

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D59AFCC3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D59AFCC3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560875

Geographic range:

  • Lophorina superba [superba or 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: eastern New Guinea (mountains of the Huon Peninsula, and presumably also the Herzog and Adelbert Ranges)
  • Lophorina niedda niedda: mountains of the Wandammen Peninsula, Bird's Neck, West Papua, New Guinea
  • Lophorina niedda inopinata: mountains of the Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, New Guinea
  • Lophorina minor: southeastern Papua New Guinea (mountains of the Papuan Peninsula, west at least to the Wharton Range)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Greater, Vogelkop or Lesser Superb Bird-of-paradise
French:
Paradisier superbe, P. niedda ou P. de Ramsay

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Greater, Vogelkop or Lesser Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina [superba, niedda or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Greater, Vogelkop or Lesser Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina [superba, niedda or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Greater, Vogelkop or Lesser Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina [superba, niedda or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Greater, Vogelkop or Lesser Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina [superba, niedda or minor])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Paradisier superbe ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Paradisier superbe ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Superb Bird of Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Superb Bird of Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Superb Bird of Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Superb Bird of Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Superb Bird-of-Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Superb Bird of Paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Lophorina superba [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Lophorina superba [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Lophorina superba [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Superb Bird-of-paradise ( Lophorina superba) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Lophorina superba [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Lophorina superba [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: ocell del paradís superb
Czech: Rajka nádherná
Danish: Kraveparadisfugl
German: Kragenhopf, Kragenparadiesvogel, Kragen-Paradiesvogel
English: Greater, Vogelkop or Lesser Superb Bird-of-paradise, Superb Bird of Paradise, Superb Bird-of-paradise
Spanish: Ave del Paraíso Soberbia, Ave-del-paraíso Soberbia
Estonian: hõlmik-paradiisilind
Finnish: Rusettiparatiisilintu
French: Paradisier superbe, Paradisier superbe, P. niedda ou P. de Ramsay, Paradisier superber, P. niedda ou P. de Ramsay
Hungarian: galléros paradicsommadár
Indonesian: Burung dewata superba, Cenderawasih anggun, Cendrawasih Kerah
Italian: Uccello del Paradiso superbo
Japanese (romaji): katakakefuuchou
Japanese: カタカケフウチョウ
Scientific: Lophorina [superba, niedda or minor], Lophorina superba, Lophorina superba superba, Paradisea Superba
Lithuanian: Loforina
Dutch: Kraagparadijsvogel
Norwegian: Fabelparadisfugl
Polish: liroglów, lirogłów, ozdobnik lirogłowy
Portuguese: Ave-do-paraíso-soberba
Russian: Чудная райская птица
Slovak: Rajka pôvabná
Swedish: Kragparadisfågel
Ukrainian: Оздобник зеленоволий
Chinese: 华美极乐鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 華美天堂鳥

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