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Lupton's bird-of-paradise

Lupton's bird-of-paradise is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is a hybrid between a greater bird-of-paradise and raggiana bird-of-paradise. It was described by Percy Lowe in 1923 as a subspecies of the greater bird-of-paradise, though he also noted the possibility of hybridisation.

History

This hybrid is known from many adult male specimens taken from the Fly River region of southern New Guinea.

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