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Category:Cnemophilidae

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Family: Cnemophilidae

[edit] Description

Satinbirds from New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

Cnemophilidae is a family in the Order Passeriformes.
The three species were formerly placed within the Birds-of-paradise, but a recent study showed, that they are not closely related to the true Birds-of-paradise. As we follow the sequencing of Clements, they are placed here in their new family, but they retain their old names.

Family Cnemophilidae	view â€¢ edit

Genus Cnemophilus	view â€¢ edit

C. loriae

Loria's Bird-of-paradise

C. macgregorii

Crested Bird-of-paradise

Genus Loboparadisea	view â€¢ edit

L. sericea

Yellow-breasted Bird-of-paradise

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.