Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Loria's Bird-of-paradise (Cnemophilus loriae) - HBW 14, p. 461
French: Cnémophile de Loria
German: Loriaparadiesvogel
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso de Loria
Other common names: Loria's Cnemophilus/Bird
Taxonomy: Loria loriae Salvadori, 1894, Moroka, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea.
This genus and Loboparadisea sometimes united in a separate family, Cnemophilidae. Species sometimes placed in a monotypic genus, Loria. Sympatric with C. macgregorii at c. 2600 m on Mt Hagen and 2200-2650 m in Ambua Range, but hybridization unrecorded. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- inexpectatus ( Junge, 1939) - W & C ranges (including Weyland, Nassau, Oranje, Hindenberg and Victor Emanuel Mts) of New Guinea.
- amethystinus ( Stresemann, 1934) - Schraderberg, Wahgi Divide, Bismarck Range, Kubor Range, Mt Hagen and Giluwe Range (also, presumably, Mt Bosavi) in E New Guinea.
- loriae ( Salvadori, 1894) - Herzog and Kuper ranges (E of Watut/Tauri Gap) SE through Owen Stanley Range to Mt Dayman, in SE New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched on the tip of a dead trunk
Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp inexpectatus)
monicayhector 1 September 2007 2 years ago 1
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