Hybrid bird
Wilhelmina's bird-of-paradise , also known as Wilhelmina's riflebird , is a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that Erwin Stresemann proposed is an intergeneric hybrid between a greater lophorina and magnificent bird-of-paradise , an identity since confirmed by DNA analysis.[ 1]
History
Three adult male specimens are known of this hybrid, held in the American Museum of Natural History , Royal Natural History Museum of the Netherlands , and the State Museum of Zoology, Dresden . Two of the specimens come from the Arfak Mountains of north-western New Guinea , while the other is of unknown provenance. The bird was named as a species by Adolf Bernhard Meyer in 1894 after Wilhelmina, his wife who joined him during his travels in 1870–1872.[ 2]
Notes
^ Thörn et al. (2024).
^ Meyer, 1894.p.4
References
Frith, Clifford B. & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise . Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854853-9 Thörn, Filip; Soares, André E. R.; Müller, Ingo A.; Päckert, Martin; Frahnert, Sylke; van Grouw, Hein; Kamminga, Pepijn; Peona, Valentina; Suh, Alexander; Blom, Mozes P. K.; Irestedt, Martin (2024-06-08). "Contemporary intergeneric hybridization and backcrossing among birds-of-paradise" . Evolution Letters : 1–15. doi :10.1093/evlett/qrae023 Meyer, A. B. (1894). Neue Vögel aus den Ostindischen Archipel
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