Category:Semioptera - BirdForum Opus

Male Standardwing
Photo by Rob Hutchinson

Genus: Semioptera

Description

This genus contains only one species, the Standardwing. This aberrant Bird-of-paradise is endemic to Halmahera and some adjacent islands.
The most prominent feature are two grossly elongated white lesser coverts, forming the "standards" which give the bird its name. The can be longer thain the wing.

Taxonomy

Semioptera is a monotypic genus in the family Paradisaeidae.
It may be a sister form of the Cicinnurus- Birds-of-paradise.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Semioptera. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 31 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Semioptera