Lesser Lophorina - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name

Lophorina minor

Distribution

Southeastern Papua New Guinea (mountains of the Papuan Peninsula, west at least to the Wharton Range)

Taxonomy

Formerly treated as part of Superb Bird-of-Paradise together with Greater Lophorina and Vogelkop Lophorina.

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species^[1].

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Lesser Lophorina. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lesser_Lophorina

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