Mantou's Riflebird
Encyclopedia
Mantou’s Riflebird, also known as Bruijn’s Riflebird, is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid between a Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
and Magnificent Riflebird
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of north-western New Guinea
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Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
The Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis melanoleucus or Seleucidis melanoleuca, is a medium-sized, approximately 33 cm long, velvet black and yellow bird-of-paradise. The male has a red iris, long black bill and rich yellow plumes along its flanks...
and Magnificent Riflebird
Magnificent Riflebird
The Magnificent Riflebird, Ptiloris magnificus, is a medium-sized passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is velvet-black bird of paradise with elongated black filamental flank plumes, an iridescent blue-green crown, a wide, triangle-shaped breast shield, and on central tail feathers...
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History
At least 12 adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in various museums and of unknown provenance except one from the Arfak MountainsArfak Mountains
The Arfak Mountains are a mountain range found on the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Province of West Papua, Indonesia. The mountain range is rugged and remote, rising up to 7,700 feet above sea level...
of north-western New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
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