Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Carola's Parotia (Parotia carolae) - HBW 14, p. 472
French: Paradisier de Carola
German: Carolaparadiesvogel
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso de Carola
Other common names: Queen Carola's Six-wired Bird-of-paradise, Queen Carola's Parotia
Taxonomy: Parotia carolae A. B. Meyer, 1894, "Amberno River" [Mamberamo River]; error = Weyland Mountains, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with P. berlepschi, previously treated as conspecific. Intergeneric hybridization with Lophorina superba recorded; females of the two exhibit parallel geographical variation, one explanation being that smaller L. superba mimics larger and more aggressive present species. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- carolae A. B. Meyer, 1894 - Weyland Mts E to Wissel Lakes (Paniai) region, in W New Guinea.
- meeki Rothschild, 1910 - Snow Mts, from E of Wissel Lakes and S of Doorman Mts (N scarp facing Mamberamo R), E to C New Guinea (around W edge of Victor Emanuel Range).
- chalcothorax Stresemann, 1934 - Doorman Mts, just S of Idenburg R (Taritatu R), in W New Guinea.
- carolae A. B. Meyer, 1894 - Weyland Mts E to Wissel Lakes (Paniai) region, in W New Guinea.
- meeki Rothschild, 1910 - Snow Mts, from E of Wissel Lakes and S of Doorman Mts (N scarp facing Mamberamo R), E to C New Guinea (around W edge of Victor Emanuel Range).
- chalcothorax Stresemann, 1934 - Doorman Mts, just S of Idenburg R (Taritatu R), in W New Guinea.
- chrysenia Stresemann, 1934 - N scarp of C Cordillera, including Lordberg, Hunstein Mts and probably Schrader Range, also N scarp of Bismarck Range, in E New Guinea.
- clelandiae Gilliard, 1961 - from C New Guinea SE probably to S watershed of Eastern Highlands (E at least to Crater Mt).
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A subadult male based on plumage Locality Crater Mountain Biological Research Station, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
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