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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Infraorder: | Corvida |
| Superfamily: | Corvoidea |
| Family: | Paradisaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Paradisaeinae |
| Genus: | Lophorina Vieillot, 1816 |
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Superb birds-of-paradise, Lophorina is a genus of birds-of-paradise in the Paradisaeinae subfamily.
Taxonomy[]
Based on Irestedt et al. (2017),[2] the Superb Bird-of-paradise, Lophorina superba has been split into:
- Lesser Superb Bird-of-paradise, Lophorina minor
- Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-paradise, Lophorina superba
- Greater Superb Bird-of-paradise, Lophorina latipennis
References[]
- ^ "Lophorina superba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Irestedt, M., H. Batalha-Filho, P.G.P. Ericson, L. Christidis, and R. Schodde (2017), Phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomic consequences in a bird-of-paradise species complex, Lophorina--Ptiloris (Aves: Paradisaeidae), Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 20, 1-32.
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