Lesser Lophorina
Lophorina minor
A fairly large bird of mid-montane forest. Male, mainly black plumage with 2 remarkable erectile fans which are lifted up over the head during its display. Metallic, blue-green, trapezium-shaped breast shield and patches above the eyes. Female has a dark brown back, barred underparts and a black head. Male is unmistakable. Female distinguished from Lawes’s Parotia female by slightly smaller size and black eye, and from female Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise by its black bill. The male’s yellow-green interior of the mouth is visible whilst it gives its piercing nasal screech.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Lophorina minor
- Authority
- Ramsay, EP, 1885
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paradisaeidae
- Genus
- Lophorina
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
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